Federal Agency to Help Pay for Mississippi Flood Control October 5, 2022 By Michael Goldberg JACKSON, Miss (AP) — A federal agency has set aside money to help guard Mississippi’s capital city and surrounding areas...
Flooding Exacerbates Water Crisis in Mississippi Capital August 31, 2022 By Emily Wagster Pettus and Michael Goldberg JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university...
Mississippi Residents Brace for Flood as River Reaches Crest August 30, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People in and around Mississippi’s capital city were bracing for possible flooding as the Pearl River...
How Draining the Reservoir Can Help Mitigate Flooding February 24, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Persistent rains have been pounding the Southeast, and a week ago, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, spilled over its...
Floods Put Mississippi Capital in ‘Precarious Situation’ February 18, 2020 By Rogelio V. Solis and Rebecca Santana JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi’s capital city and...