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BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal whats left of an early 20th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.

Severe drought across the Midwest has shrunk the Mississippi to record lows, with more than 40 river gauges in the river basin reporting low water levels, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident hunting for artifacts in the Mississippi River was amazed to find the wreck of a 19th-century ship in the drought-stricken waterway, CNN affiliate WBRZ reports.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal whats left of a 18th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.

BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal whats left of a 19th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.

BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal whats left of a 19th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.

BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal whats left of an early 20th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.

PEOPLE using historic Hythe Pier are being warned not to smoke amid fears the timber jetty could catch fire after the exceptionally hot weather.

Documentary makers speak to Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne’s son, and John Ford’s son about the making of The Quiet Man. Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne may have produced several other movies together as the leading stars but it is The Quiet Man that will always stand out as the iconic duo’s crowning glory.