First lock on Mississippi River closes amid floods

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by Amy Judd | June 12, 2008 at 09:05 am
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The massive flooding that has affected the Midwest is now spilling over into the Mississippi River, and the first lock and dam has already had to close.

The first lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River closed to barge traffic on Thursday due to flood conditions that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of corn and soybeans, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Lock and Dam 17 in New Boston, Illinois, closed at 3:53 a.m. EDT).

Source: reuters.com

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Thanks for keeping us updated Amy!

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René
René

at 10:44 on June 12th, 2008

Shades of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927! We're going to have to be looking both ways this year, hurricanes and river floods.

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