SPOKE WITH CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS ABOUT THE FLOODING, AND HAS MORE ON HOW THEY'RE HANDLING THE SITUATION... LL INTRO CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS ARE NO STRANGERS TO THIS FLOODING ISSUE, AND ARE WORKING ...
WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO GET AHEAD OF IT. >> THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH 48.5FT, WHICH IS MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. AT THE FLOOD WALLS, YOU CAN SEE FLOOD MARKS SHOWING DIFFERENT WATER LEVELS. TO PREPARE ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. has declared a State of Emergency in response to rising river levels following the storms over the weekend. The Mississippi River levels are ...
By: Kelley Williams, Chair Bigger Pie Forum Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at ...
Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its discharge. It takes less rain to raise and keep the Mississippi above 43’ ...
The Mississippi River is expected to reach flood stage in Louisiana for the first time since 2019, prompting flood-fight measures. The rising river levels, caused by heavy rains in the Ohio Valley, ...
I listened to the silvery chorus of cicadas as I drove past the kudzu-covered outskirts of Vicksburg, Mississippi. They say the Delta—the fertile, diamond-shaped flood plain between the Yazoo and ...