US drought historic low water levels on Mississippi river

In the US, the Mississippi river is drying up for the second year in a row, due to severe drought. It's dropped to historically low levels, disrupting shipping, and causing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to threaten the state drinking water supply. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from New Orleans in Louisiana. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #MississippiDrought #USWaterCrisis #USRiverDryUp #USSevereDrought #USShippingDisruption #USHistoricLowLevels #GulfSaltwaterIntrusion #USDrinkingWaterThreat #ClimateChangeImpact