Weather.com - 11/24/12, By Jim Salter
AP Photo/Jim Suhr, File
In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, two barges head north on the Mississippi River past St. Louis, as seen from East St. Louis, Ill.
ST. LOUIS -- The Army Corps of Engineers on Friday began reducing the flow from a Missouri River reservoir, a move expected to worsen low-water conditions on the Mississippi River and potentially bring barge traffic to a halt within weeks.
The Missouri flows into the Mississippi around a bend just north of St. Louis. One result of this year's drought, the worst in decades, has been a big drop in water levels on both rivers.
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It is because of the polar
It is because of the polar shift, which those in the know, know about. This will ease the amount of loss of lives...it is ok.