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The National Weather Service in Jackson is forecasting severe weather for parts of Mississippi on Monday that includes possible flash flooding, damaging straight-line winds and strong tornadoes.
Flood alerts are in effect for nearly 15 million people in the South, including parts of Atlanta, through much of Saturday as storms focus in on the region. Here’s how the threats will play out ...
A flash flood emergency has also been issued in the southeastern Texas cities of Kirbyville and Newton, near the border of Louisiana. Rescue crews responded to “10 to 15 high-water rescues” in ...
The central and southern areas of Mississippi are under an Elevated Threat warning for flash flooding. Areas to the north of Jackson are likely to see 2-4 inches of rain.
On May 3, using the planned procedures for the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, the Corps of Engineers blasted a two-mile (3 km) hole in the levee protecting the floodway, flooding 130,000 acres (530 km 2) of farmland in Mississippi County, Missouri, in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois and the rest of the levee system, from record-breaking flood waters. [19]
A large portion of the flooding was apparently the result of levee failures along the Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal, a 76 miles (122 km) canal. The levees were sized to hold back up to 17.5 feet (5.3 m), of water; they held back the initial surge, but then they were breached in several areas by the 22 feet (6.7 m), surge.
The 2011 Mississippi River floods damaged casino resort buildings and infrastructure in this community. While the casinos float and escaped most damage, the hotels' towers and surrounding businesses are on land. Some of the hotels had major flooding on the lower floors, including the Harrah's Casino Tunica, which was under nearly six feet of ...
The same alert is in effect for Jackson, Mississippi, through 6 p.m. local time Thursday while Birmingham, Alabama, is under the watch through 12 a.m. local time Friday.