Mississippi River Floodwater
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Summary
A 15-mile stretch of the swollen Mississippi River, closed Tuesday due to pressure on levees, has been reopened to barges moving one at a time. Tom Bearden reports on the short- and long-term environmental effects the floodwater could have on Lake Pontchartrain, oyster beds and more.
Duration: 6 minutes (00:06:09) Publishing date: 2011-05-18; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —