Perry County, Mo. (AP) — Folks can now stroll to Tower Rock, an attraction usually surrounded by the Mississippi River and solely accessible by boat in Perry County, Missouri.
Foot site visitors to the rock formation has been made attainable due to close to file low water ranges alongside the river.
Lack of rainfall in current weeks has left the Mississippi River approaching file low ranges in some areas from Missouri south by Louisiana.
The unusually low water degree within the decrease Mississippi River, the place there was below-normal rainfall since late August, has additionally led to chaos — inflicting barges to get caught in mud and sand, resulting in waterway restrictions from the Coast Guard and disrupting river journey for shippers, leisure boaters and passengers on a cruise line.
Water ranges are projected to drop even additional within the weeks forward, dampening the area’s financial exercise and doubtlessly threatening jobs.