Johnstown flood’s legacy lives on 125 years later
A privately owned dam collapsed in western Pennsylvania 125 years ago on May 31, 1889, unleashing a flood that killed 2,209 people.
Roger Truesdale: Backwater, alligator and hoping them cats can swim
A friend of mine sent me an email Monday advising me not to waste my time making a trip to Rolling Fork. I had sent him one earlier in the day letting him know that I was going over to witness the historic crest of the Mississippi River. He reported that the levee was closed to all visitors and warned that even if I weren’t shot on sight, I would end up in the county lock-up.
Rufus Ward: The Tombigbee Flood of 1892
With the disastrous flooding in the Delta, some of the major floods of the Tombigbee River come to mind. The most serious floods in Columbus history occurred in 1847, 1892, 1948 and 1973. It is the flood of 1892 that is considered the benchmark.
Miss. braces as high water pushes past Memphis
From Tunica in the north to Natchez in the south, the river is chasing people from their homes, threatening crops in the agricultural areas of the impoverished Delta counties, shuttering casinos and bringing heartbreak.
Mississippi River levee blasted, but historic water levels still expected
The dramatic, late-night demolition of a levee sent water pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland Tuesday, but did nothing to ease the risk of more trouble downstream in some parts of Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Charlie Box: Takes issue with Magby Creek editorial
As councilman for Ward 3, I feel compelled to write in protest to your editorial in Friday’s paper, “Taming Magby Creek Too Costly.” I have always been a fan of the paper, but in the last few months I have watched as editorial after editorial depicts me and my fellow city councilmen as a bunch of incompetents with no idea of what we are doing.
David Owen: Magby Creek problems blamed on Corps projects
I read your “Taming Magby Creek too Costly” editorial in the March 11, paper. It stated that this North Columbus creek, which is actually in East Columbus, is not worth fixing.
Our View: Taming Magby Creek too costly
Heavy rains swept through Columbus and west Alabama earlier this week, which led to the inevitable. Magby Creek in North Columbus overflowed. Runoff ditches along Tuscaloosa Road weren’t able to hold all the water. Fields and streets filled with water. Roads and homes in the Masonic subdivision flooded.
Heavy rains leave oft-flooded neighborhood underwater again
When 22-year-old Brandon Jennings woke up Thursday morning, he was expecting an average day. Then he opened his door.
MHP officer saved from wrecked car
VICKSBURG — A Mississippi Highway Patrol officer from Vicksburg escaped unharmed after an on-duty wreck Tuesday night landed his patrol car upside down in rising water.
Panic rises with flood waters
Runoff from heavy rains that hit the area Tuesday and Wednesday drained into east Lowndes County early today, flooding roads and homes along Magby Creek. Columbus and portions of Lowndes County were under flood warnings as the Magby and Luxapalila creeks overflowed.
Bus stalls in flooded street in East Oktibbeha
A bus full of East Oktibbeha High School students had to be evacuated Wednesday when it became stuck in high water.