https://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-braces-near-record-flooding-143405844.html
Of course, Mississipi has been voting for politicians who ignore or deny climate disruption. And global warming has caused any increase in the amount of moisture in the air, leading to an increased number and strength of severe precipitation events. So this flood might have happened w/o global warming, but GW has inevitably made it worse because of the increase amount of moisture in the air.
ROGELIO V. SOLIS and REBECCA SANTANA
,Associated Press•February 16, 2020
Residents of Jackson [Mississippi] braced Sunday for the possibility of catastrophic flooding in and around the Mississippi capital as the Pearl River rose precipitously after days of torrential rain.
Gov. Tate Reeves said the Pearl would continue to rise throughout the day, and he warned that the state faces a “precarious situation that can turn at any moment.”
Officials urged residents to pay attention to evacuation orders, check on road closures before traveling and stay out of floodwaters, warning that even seemingly placid waters could mask quickly moving currents and pollution. Law enforcement officials went door to door in affected areas, telling people to evacuate, Reeves said.
Rescuers performed four assisted evacuations Saturday, although they said none were needed overnight.
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Once the river crests Monday, it will take the water three to four days to go down significantly. Part of the reason is that forecasters expect several inches of rain between midday Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
”It will be days before we are out of the woods and waters start to recede,” the governor said.
tags: severe weather, extreme weather
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