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Mississippi Governor Announces State of emergency situation due to severe flooding event



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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced the state of emergency saturday like weather and emergency management officials now expect the Pearl River to reach its crest in Jackson on Monday – around 24 hours earlier than originally planned record-setting this week’s rainfall.

“If predictions prove exactly, the Pearl River is expected to reach the crest on Monday, August 29 at 36 feet,” Reeves said. in declaration.

BUT flood the stage is considered “main” at 26 feet. current flood warning says dozens of additional streets in Downtown Jackson will flood at a height of 34 feet, with water close to the entrance homes in Northeast Jackson at 35.8 feet.

“State of Mississippi is as prepared as possible for it’s a flood. My administration, including MEMA, is following this situation closely and is actively working to respond as quickly as possible. possible to current developments with flood,” Reeves said.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba called for voluntary evacuation in areas expected to be affected rising water, and Reeves warned: “If your home flooded in 2020, there is a high (probability) it will happen again”.

State Emergency Management Officials already started assessing the water level along the Pearl River and deployed more more than 100,000 sandbags, according to the declaration.

Officials first predicted the Pearl River would reach 36 feet and peak by Tuesday, as previously reported by CNN, however the river is now expected to peak sometime between Monday and Monday night, emergency management officials said at a press conference. news briefing on Saturday.

Barnett Reservoir CEO John Sigmund warned of rising water ahead of crest because the water is expected to rise steadily before slowly falling.

“It looks like we will in flood waters that we see even today, probably at the very end of a week with then a gradual decline after that,” Sigmund said.

pearl river in Jackson, Mississippi is under flood warning.

The threat for heavy rain will be very local on Saturday, but a lot of in region saw heavy rain over in past a week, so it won’t take much extra rainfall to exacerbate the ongoing flooding.

BUT flood warning remains in effect in parts of Mississippi, including in Jackson around the Pearl River, until further notice, the National Weather Service said. BUT flood warning was also published for strong river in Simpson County until Monday.

Heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is predicted in many of in region but several locations – including along the Gulf Coast and throughout Florida – could be seen from 2 to 4 inches. of rain until Monday. The Florida Peninsula is likely to see the largest numbers of rainfall on the weekend.

Sigmund said that scattered and isolated rain throughout the week across region no significant impact expected on water level in Mississippi.

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