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Mississippi River Floodwater
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 05/18/2011
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
A 15-mile stretch of the swollen Mississippi River, closed Tuesday due to pressure on levees, has been reopened to barges moving one at a time. Tom Bearden reports on the short- and long-term environmental effects the floodwater could have on Lake Pontchartrain, oyster beds and more.