A 100-foot-wide dam break at Archusa Creek Water Park unleashed a deluge in Quitman, Miss., on Sunday evening.
Last night, the Clarke County Emergency Management Agency said it did not expect the breach to cause danger to residents downstream, but the National Weather Service issued a since-expired flash flood warning.
“Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded areas. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles,” NWS said in the alert, which expired at 9:15 a.m. Monday morning.
The Archusa Creek Water Park Lake dam break caused flooding downstream in the creek and along the Chickasawhay River, WLBT reported. The Clarke County EMA did not respond by press time to a request for information. No injuries have been reported so far.
Clarke County Hot Topics shared footage on Facebook this morning showing that the lake, where park visitors were boating yesterday at the time of the breach, is now mostly empty.
Archusa Creek Park announced last night that it “will be closed indefinitely to day use, swimming and boating.”
“Cabins, campsites and the lodge hall are not affected,” the post said. “We will post updates as we can.”
The dam previously failed in 1998.
