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A multi-day deluge of rainfall across the South created dangerous and life-threatening flooding in ... The same alert is in effect for Jackson, Mississippi, through 6 p.m. local time Thursday ...
Predictions earlier this week showed the Pearl River would reach 31.5 feet near Jackson, but the latest numbers show it much lower than expected. Pearl River flooding: High water forecast ...
For perspective, during the 2020 flood which impacted more than 600 homes in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties, the Pearl River crested at 36.67 feet on the Jackson gauge.
A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. [1] The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.
The 1979 Easter flood was one of the most costly and devastating floods to ever occur in Mississippi, United States, with $500–700 million in damages ($2.1 billion in 2020 dollars). [2] [3] It was the result of the Pearl River being overwhelmed by severe rain upstream. Floodwaters sent the Pearl River 15 feet above flood stage.
The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging along the U.S. waterway in the past century, rivalling major floods in 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems dumped record rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed.
The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is urging locals to “get out now” after the state was battered with record rainfall and rivers swelled to devastating levels.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday night that he is declaring a state of emergency after excessive rainfall exacerbated problems in one of Jackson's water-treatment plants and caused low ...