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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.
Aerial view of the flood waters in Morgan City, Louisiana May, 1973. The Mississippi Flood of 1973 occurred between March and May 1973 on the lower Mississippi River. [5] The flood resulted in the largest volume of water to flow down the Mississippi since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Ted Henifin, Jackson's third-party water administrator, said he's in favor of a potential bill that would give the state the power to take over Jackson's water system, instead of returning it back ...
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]