# An Illinois Town’s Hope Rests On Money And The Mighty Mississippi | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

> The Mississippi dropped below flood stage in the Quad Cities for the first time in 96 consecutive days. Barge operators in Cairo, Illinois are holding stranded cargo, and the town is looking to build facilities to unload backlogged barges.

- Date: 2019-07-05 · published 2019-07-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57967-an-illinois-town-s-hope-rests-on-money-and-the-mighty-mississippi-kcur-kansas
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Stranded barges and backlogged cargo signal delayed grain movement and elevated freight costs, though the river's recovery begins to ease constraints.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- kcur.org: https://www.kcur.org/2019-07-05/an-illinois-towns-hope-rests-on-money-and-the-mighty-mississippi

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