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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.
This flood was particularly devastating since the region had few if any levees at the time. Among the hardest hit were the Wyandot who lost 100 people in the diseases that occurred after the flood. The flood also is the highest recorded for the Mississippi River at St. Louis. After the flood, Congress in 1849 passed the Swamp Act providing land ...
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]
Jackson Mets baseball team relocates to Jackson. Smith–Wills Stadium opens. Lemuria Books in business. [35] 1976 - Jackson Camellia Society founded. [36] 1977 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson established. 1978 - Southern Coalition for Educational Equity headquartered in city. [31] 1979 - April: Flood. 1980 - Population: 202,895. [30]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it intends to make a final recommendation by the end of this year on flood-control plans for the Pearl River Basin in the Jackson area, after decades of ...
The dam is part of the “One Lake” plan, a flood-control project that would also widen the Pearl River to create more riverfront access for housing and economic development. It would create a 2 ...
Jackson, MS water system could get new owners. Associated Press. January 25, 2023 at 6:30 AM. The bill would transfer water, wastewater and storm water services provided by Jackson to a new public ...
Great Flood of 1951; Great Flood of 1993; Great Mississippi Flood of 1927; M. Mississippi flood of 1973; Mississippi River floods of 2019; S. Sauvé's Crevasse