Massive flood that engulfed several areas in Mississippi, has forced many urban residents as possible to evacuate. The water level is rising and authorities have asked evacuees not to hurry to return to their homes, in the Internet appeared the video, where one of the residents managed to catch a fish with your bare hands.
On Monday, the city of Jackson stated that the level of the river pearl river fell by 37 feet, however, during the press conference, the Governor of Mississippi Tate Reeves stated that the state government is yet definitively known about the course of events and asked the evacuees not to hurry.
«Please don’t go back to your district or in your home, while government officials will not give you permission to do so.» said Reeves.
According to him, it took 16 search and rescue missions, in that time, was flooded about 1,000 homes.
Director of external relations of Federal Agency on management in emergency situations, Malari white stated that in the course of the salvage operations took more than 150 thousand bags with sand, distributed in three flooded district. It is also reported that the rescue operation overnight was not carried out.
White added that people heed the warnings to evacuate, and officials expect the improvement of the situation by the end of the week and I hope that people will soon be able to return home. White said that people should wait a bit until the water drops, as the flooded streets overrun by garbage, who scored a run-off and can be dangerous.
In the area of Jackson in the video was captured by an unknown man, who with his bare hands takes out a huge fish swimming in the waters of a flooded road old Brandon road. The author of the post wrote that then the man released the fish back into the water downstream from the road.
@Sethrogen I was filming the flooding here in Jackson, MS, and a large fish started struggling across the road. That’s when your redneck doppelgänger materialized out of the swamp and caught himself some dinner. pic.twitter.com/yVpkKZgNEu
— Kenneth Callahan (@HughPhem1sm) February 16, 2020
Near-record rainy winter forced the authorities to release water in the overflow reservoir, potentially exacerbated the flood for those living downstream. Residents of Jackson were forced to travel by boat, to check the status of their homes. The owners of many businesses have also suffered losses — of their building flooded and the business can no longer function.
Meteorologists warn that in the flooded areas of the South-East of the state is again expected heavy rains. The national weather service said Tuesday, in some areas of the Mississippi the water can rise two inches, that would probably exacerbate a difficult situation. It is reported that the floods and rains will disturb the Central areas of Mississippi and Alabama, East Louisiana and West Georgia during the whole working week.
