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NBC News: The drought of 2012 has humbled the mighty Mississippi River.
A year after near-historic flooding, the river's water levels are at near-historic lows from Cairo, Ill., where the Ohio River empties into it, to New Orleans, just north of its endpoint at the Gulf of Mexico.
In July, water levels in Cairo, Memphis, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss., dipped below those of the historic drought of 1988. That's affecting everything from commerce on the maritime superhighway to recreation to the drinking......
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Drought sends Mississippi into ‘uncharted territory’
Posted by NBC News: John Yang on August 15th, 2012
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