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The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) contracted with the Red Cross to provide survivors with meals and lodging in hotel rooms for up to six months. [41] By April 11, Mayor Walker said that 500 people—approximately a third of the town's population—remained displaced. [42] More than 200 remained displaced in mid-August. [43]
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A powerful tornado cut a devastating path of at least 170 miles (274 kilometers) through parts of the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi and obliterating dozens ...
Horrifying video captured the moment a mudslide shredded down a hill and tore through a North Carolina family's home, washing away half of it as Hurricane Helene brought widespread devastation to ...
Mississippi counties declared federal disaster areas. In Tunica County, nine casinos located on stationary river barges were closed most of May. The hotel portion of the casinos are located on adjacent, low-lying land, and began to flood with the rising waters, some up to 6 feet (1.8 m). [23]
Today the bottom of Spirit Lake is 100 ft (30 m) above the original surface, and it has two and a half times more surface area than it did before the eruption. The largest known of all prehistoric landslides was an enormous submarine landslide that disintegrated 60,000 years ago and produced the longest flow of sand and mud yet documented on Earth.
Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY Updated January 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video.
Mississippi River Flood of 1809. All of the lower Mississippi River was inundated by flooding. Mississippi River Flood of 1825. The flood of 1825 is the last known inundation of New Orleans due to spring flooding; Great Mississippi River Flood of 1844. The largest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River in terms of ...