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Low river levels marooned boats docked at the Riverside Park Marina south of Downtown Memphis Nov. 2, 2022
Patrick Lantrip
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Daily Memphian
The new one-stop-shop for drought data was announced to the public Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative.
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