The Mississippi River has hit its lowest-ever recorded water level in Memphis, Tennessee.
The river now sits at more than negative 10 feet.Meantime a shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the river in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Eventually the river will come back up and will go back underwater," said Chip McGimsey, the Louisiana state archeologist, who has been surveying the wreck during the past two weeks. "That's part of the reason for making the big effort to document it this time - cause she may not be there the next time."
"At that time the vessel was completely full of mud and there was mud all around it so only the very tip tops of the sides were visible, so really didn't see much other. They had to move a lot of dirt just to get some narrow windows in to see bits and pieces," McGimsey said.
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