"A Post reporter drove more than 400 miles along the drought-stricken Mississippi River. Here’s what he found."

"Over several days this past week, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis drove more than 400 miles in five states, from Memphis to Cairo, Ill., talking with people whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably linked to the Mississippi River and with people who had come to marvel at how drastically the ongoing drought has weakened it.

Historically low water levels have caused far-reaching concerns over yet another rupture in the international supply chain and what that could mean overseas and for typical Americans. The Mississippi, after all, is the nation’s aquatic superhighway, carrying roughly 60 percent of the nation’s corn and soybean exports south, and critical supplies such as fertilizer and fuel back north.

But along the Mississippi, the worries these days are more visceral and immediate."

Brady Dennis reports for the Washington Post October 30, 2022. [2]

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"What It Looks Like As Drought Strangles The Mighty Mississippi" (Washington Post) [3]