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The Pascagoula River is one of the few remaining southern rivers with natural water regimes, and is a potential model for restoring the Pearl River floodplain. At the Bogalusa, Louisiana gauge the river was recorded in 1983 and 1987 as delivering nearly 3.5 million metric tons and 2.5 million metric tons of sediment respectively. [24]
Bogalusa (/ ˌ b oʊ ɡ ə ˈ l uː s ə / BOH-gə-LOO-sə) is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States.The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census.In the 2020 census the city reported a population of 10,659.
Northeast of Jackson, the man-made Ross Barnett Reservoir is formed by a dam in the Pearl River. It flooded due to abnormally high rainfall in the preceding months (up to 150% more than usual). [ 8 ] The water level reached a record-setting 43.28 feet on April 17, 1979.
According to the National Weather Service, the Pearl River at Jackson should hold at 28.5 feet on the Jackson gauge for the next few days. Sigman said the lake is at 298 feet above mean sea level ...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the National Guard had been mobilized with nearly 400 high-water vehicles, 87 boats, and 50 helicopters ready to aid rescue and recovery efforts.
The Washington Post noted that the "no-name storm" dumped three times as much rain on Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina. It dropped the equivalent of 7.1 trillion gallons of water or enough to fill Lake Pontchartrain about four times. Hurricane Katrina, by comparison, dumped about 2.3 trillion gallons of rainwater in the state (though more in ...
Pearl River. Bogue Chitto River; The Rigolets. Lake St. Catherine. Lake Pontchartrain. Lacombe Bayou; Tchefuncte River. Bogue Falaya. Abita River; Tangipahoa River
The Weather Channel 47 minutes ago Live Updates: Flooding, Landslides Hit The South; East Braces For Ice. A winter storm is expected to unleash everything from tornadoes, to snow and even extreme ...