A climatologist says water levels remain low on the Mississippi River and the situation could worsen this fall.
Dennis Todey, Director of the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub, says conditions are slightly better than last year. “There has been enough rainfall to keep the river from being critically bad, but this is the low-flow time of year,” he said. “We’re probably going to continue touching this along the way.”
According to the National Weather Service, the water levels at Memphis and St.
