The last time the Pearl River crested to 36 feet was in February 2020, flooding more than 500 homes across the capital city, submerging entire neighborhoods in Northeast Jackson.
Preliminary data from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency show considerable damage across the state, including a broken section of fence at the Governor’s Mansion in downtown Jackson.
A powerful storm surge is flooding the Mississippi Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm with winds speed of about 150 miles per hour, made landfall in Port Fourchon, La., this morning at 11:55 a.m. central standard time.
Federal forecasters say Tropical Storm Ida will rapidly strengthen and strike the Gulf Coast as a powerful category 3 hurricane on Sunday, Aug. 29, bringing with it the possibility of life-threatening wind, tornadoes, flooding, and storm surge throughout Louisiana and Mississippi.
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