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FEMA Posts Public Notice for Mississippi Counties Affected by March 14-15 Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes
FEMA Posts Public Notice for Mississippi Counties Affected by March 14-15 Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes ...
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Ecotourism could help the ‘Amazon of North America’ recover. Here’s how. - National Geographic
After the devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927, Congress authorized the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project to prevent future flooding and streamline navigation.The U.S. Army Corps of ...
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Roads wash away in Lamar County from flooding
In Lamar County, several areas were flooded, making some roads impassable. Several roads are closed and washed away due to the flooding. “It’s amazing how four hours can destroy 20 to 30 years’ worth ...
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Mississippi Senators call for end to Biden-era flood insurance premiums
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - U.S. Senators from Mississippi, Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, are working to lower flood insurance rates by calling for the end of the Federal Emergency Management ...
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Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt - WLRN
On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years earlier, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed, causing flood waters ...
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Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt
A view of the Jones home in the Yazoo Backwater area of Mississippi six years after it was destroyed in historic flooding. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now) It was a very different scene in 2019.
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Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt
When the Mississippi River is at flood stage, the Steele Bayou drainage gates stay closed to keep the river from backing up onto farms and homes. But when the gates are closed, rainwater has no way to ...
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5 years later, he finally rebuilt his home that was destroyed in historic Mississippi flood
On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years earlier, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed.