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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 National Weather Service in Jackson is forecasting potential severe weather for Mississippi on Wednesday with the greatest risk in the southern half from along the I-20 corridor and down.
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 ($2.17 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.
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Reeves said that on Tuesday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water in the city of 150,000 residents, and the National Guard ...
The entrance of the O.B.Curtis Water Treatment Plant can be seen on on O.B. Curtis Drive in Ridgeland, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. More than $22 million in federal aid is available for the city of ...