On the Lower Mississippi, towing industry officials are consulting daily with NOAA, Corps and Coast Guard officials on the best measures to assure safety. Louis harbor and the Thebes, Ill., bridge at Upper Mississippi Mile 40 were expected to be in place through the middle of April. Louis, daylight-only transits through St. Barge industry leaders have been working with Rock Island Engineer District officials to consolidate as much work as possible to minimize closures. The Corps is planning to close six of the Illinois Waterways system’s eight locks for “long overdue” repairs in 2020. Louis, outbound Illinois River tow sizes were reduced to 12 barges. The lock queue report showed a busy Illinois Waterway, with mostly short delays a few locks had delays of more than an hour. The Corps’ Lock Queue Report website showed an average delay at the Chain of Rocks Lock 27 at Mile 185 of more than four hours, with 15 lockages in queue on March 19. Lock 21 at Mile 325 was expected to close March 24, and Lock 22 at Mile 301 closed March 20. Lock 20 at Mile 343, closed since March 18, was expected to reopen March 31. Lock 18 at Mile 410 closed March 18 and was expected to reopen March 26. Lock 16 at Mile 457.2 and Lock 17 at Mile 437 were both closed March 16 and were expected to reopen after March 26. As this excess water flows downstream through the river basins, the flood threat will become worse and geographically more widespread.” Upper Mississippi LocksĪs a wave of high water rolled through the Upper Mississippi, locks closed. In a press release, NOAA said, “Additional spring rain and melting snow will prolong and expand flooding, especially in the central and southern U.S. “This is shaping up to be a potentially unprecedented flood season, with more than 200 million people at risk for flooding in their communities.” “The extensive flooding we’ve seen in the past two weeks will continue through May and become more dire, and may be exacerbated in the coming weeks as the water flows downstream,” said Ed Clark, director of NOAA’s National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. river systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its spring flood outlook March 21, forecasting widespread flooding to continue through May. Amid ongoing flooding and high water along most U.S.
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