# Flooding Slows Business And Barges Along The River | STLPR

> Barge traffic in St. Louis has been at a standstill for about two weeks because of high water on the Mississippi, and vessels cannot load or unload until the Coast Guard clears them. Flooding has also closed roads into small river towns and parts of the Katy Trail. Water levels are starting to fall.

- Date: 2019-06-16 · published 2019-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58791-flooding-slows-business-and-barges-along-the-river-stlpr
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Prolonged river closures keep grain from moving to export and processing points, which pressures local grain basis and supports freight rates until traffic resumes.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-25 | [Flooding Slowing Traffic on U.S. Rivers and It's Not Even Spring Yet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60484-flooding-slowing-traffic-on-u-s-rivers-and-it-s-not-even-spring-yet.md) | -1.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2023-10-06 | [Low river levels, barge freight, and widening basis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16596-low-river-levels-barge-freight-and-widening-basis.md) | -0.5% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2026-01-29 | [Drought, cold disrupts river freight \| Baking Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16394-drought-cold-disrupts-river-freight-baking-business.md) | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2019-03-27 | [Missouri River Flooding Didn’t Just Damage Farms, It Impacted The Global Supply Chain \| STLPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60294-missouri-river-flooding-didn-t-just-damage-farms-it-impacted-the-global-supply.md) | -3.4% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- stlpr.org: https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2019-06-16/flooding-slows-business-and-barges-along-the-river

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