A breakaway barge early June 10 crashed into the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam in Columbus, Miss., which may cause flooding issues for areas between the Stennis and Aberdeen locks on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. There is no danger to residents north of Stennis. The Stennis Lock is closed until further notice. The barge broke loose from the Clay County Port. It hit the spillway and sunk, according to Mitch Mays, administrator of the Tenn-Tom Waterway Authority. Water is already rising and the barge is partially blocking 2.5 gates, he says. Water cannot move normally through the spillway. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operations Site Manager Justin Murphree has talked with Corps of Engineers’ water management experts in Mobile, Ala., who were working on outflow calculations. Rainfall totals at the Aberdeen Lock and Dam registered 5.69 inches in the past four days.NE Mississippi is drained by the waterway, and several counties have experienced major flooding this week. (Source: Daily Journal 06/10/21) Sunken barge could cause potential of flooding issues (yahoo.com)
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