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September 13, 2024 at 1:14 AM. Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Francine for Wednesday, Sept. 11. For the latest, view our story for Thursday, Sept. 12. Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast ...
Hurricane Francine strengthened overnight and is expected to hit Louisiana today. ... Mouth of the Pearl River, La., to Ocean Springs, Ms.: 4-6 ft. ... Hurricane Francis rips across Louisiana with ...
Length. 444 miles (715 km) Basin size. 8,760 square miles (22,700 km 2) The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Neshoba County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanih Waiya and Tallahaga creeks, [1] and has a meander length of 444 miles (715 km). [2] The lower part of the river forms part of the ...
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.
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.
A rare Flash Flood Emergency was issued Wednesday night for parts of the New Orleans metro, where 0.50 inches of rain fell in only 9 minutes and 4.5 inches of rain fell in only 3 hours, leading to ...
The Amite City, Louisiana-based owner of a hurricane recovery service expects to put in 18-hour days for the next two weeks after Francine passed over the area, leaving a trail of destruction. "We ...