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Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Only the outlines of the lock walls can be seen as Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 22 is swamped by floodwater. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District)

Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

May 9, 2019

Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across the length… Read More

New Gates For Upper Miss Lock 12 A barge carries new upper and lower gates for Upper Mississippi River Lock 12 on the Black Warrior River near Cordova, Ala. (Photo courtesy of G&G Steel)

A barge carries new upper and lower gates for Upper Mississippi River Lock 12 on the Black Warrior River near Cordova, Ala. (Photo courtesy of G&G Steel)

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Floods Approach Records, Extend Lock Closures

New Gates For Upper Miss Lock 12

Guidewall Repair Work Set To Begin At Upper Miss Locks 15

Corps Plans Meetings On Minneapolis Locks