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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.
Category: 1979 natural disasters in the United States. ... 1979 Coyote Lake earthquake; 1979 Easter flood; Windsor Locks, Connecticut, tornado; C. 1979 Chicago blizzard;
1979 Easter flood; J. Jimmy Carter rabbit incident; M. Miss USA 1979; S. San Antonio parade shooting; T. 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak; TWA Flight 841 (1979)
One aspect of the PRVWSD's management program is to mitigate flood events in the district, the upper river, and downstream. Following the 1979 Easter flood, which left much of greater Jackson underwater, a report by the United States Comptroller's office found that the impact of the flood was due largely to a lack of communication between ...
As governor, he helped save Mississippi's savings and loan industry from collapse, and provided flood relief after the 1979 Easter flood. [3] During his tenure several people of minority status were elevated to positions of responsibility.
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.
The 1979 Easter flood at Jackson initiated planning to create additional levees below the reservoir and studies of a 68 foot high, dry dam called Shoccoe above the reservoir. [10] Waterspouts occurred in the reservoir on April 15, 2011, August 19, 2012 and July 23, 2014. [11]
The One Lake Project marks 52 homes for buyouts and floodproofing because of induced flooding the dam would create.