Century-old shipwreck uncovered near Baton Rouge as drought lowers Mississippi River
BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal what's left of an early 20th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.
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BATON ROUGE - In downtown Baton Rouge, extremely low water levels reveal what's 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 what's left of a 18th-century ship that was destroyed in a wreck.