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Low water levels on the Mississippi

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By WXedge Staff on August 22, 2012, 12:35pm

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Photo by AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Low water levels that are restricting shipping traffic, forcing harbor closures and causing barges to run aground on the Mississippi River are expected to continue. In this photo, lowering river allows the sand bars to emerge in the Mississippi River near Greenville, Miss.,Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012.