Receding waters along Mississippi River reveal old casino riverboat

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The receding waters alongside the Mississippi river proceed to disclose new and previous treasures, together with an previous on line casino riverboat.

In Lake McKellar, the entire Diamond Woman Riverboat can now be seen above water, from hull to mast.

The Diamond Woman Riverboat was christened in Iowa in 1991 by Vanna White.

It’s now one in all many boats not floating, however caught within the mud in Memphis, because the Mississippi River right here stays at record-low water ranges.

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If the water degree doesn’t go up in November to enhance barge site visitors, farmers are will really feel the impacts, particularly upstream throughout the Midwest.

If the river freezes earlier than ranges go up, this may trigger a unfavorable loop within the provide chain for subsequent 12 months’s crops and harvest.

It might take till 2024 for all of the impacts of the low river degree to be caught up.

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