 
 <prompt> text: ```(CNN) -- An 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River near Greenville, Mississippi, don close on Monday sake of low water levels, wey make almost one hundred boats and barges dey idle for the water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

"We dey allow small number of vessels based on size" make dem try pass, talk New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets, wey add say di closure don affect 97 vessels on Monday afternoon and e don stop both northbound and southbound traffic.

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This same area near Greenville, wey dey see about 50 vessels pass on average day, don close "intermittently" since August 12, when one vessel run aground, talk Tippets.

The Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers dey continue to survey the area and dem don talk say e dey "dangerous for vessels to travel through," he talk. The Army Corps of Engineers also dey dredge for the area to deepen the channel and help navigation.

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A historic drought and excessive heat don reduce water levels and scorch wide sections of the U.S. Midwest. Flooding last year fit don worsen the situation for the Mississippi by leaving deposits of silt and debris for areas wey for normally clear.

Tippiets talk say e no sure when the river go reopen or, once e happen, how long e go take to undo the gridlock.

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You dey affected by the drought? Make you let us know for CNN iReport.



1. Wetin dey happen near Greenville, Mississippi?
2. Wetin be the consequences of the drought?
3. Where?
4. Wetin be the body of water?
5. Who dey responsible for closing the area?
6. Wetin dem dey do about am?
7. How many vessels dey affected?
8. Who be Ryan Tippets?
9. Wetin e talk?
10. Drought happen last year?
11. How floods take contribute to the problem?

Numbered answers:``` <response>: ```1. One olden days drought
2. vessel traffic dey close to hundred boats and barges
3. near Greenville, Mississippi
4. the Mississippi River
5. The Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers
6. dem dey allow small number of vessels based on size" to try pass and dem dey dredge the area to make the channel deeper
7. hundreds e dey depend on the time and day
8. One Coast Guard spokesman wey dey based for New Orleans
9. e talk say e no sure when the river go open again or, once e happen, how long e go take to clear the traffic.
10. yes
11. e dey leave deposits of silt and debris for areas wey for normal times dey clear.``` 