City seeks funds to address, prevent flood damage to buildings
Columbus City Council unanimously voted Monday night to begin the application process for two federal hazard mitigation grants to address flooding damages.
Street flooding plagues North Columbus
Since she moved to her home near the end of 22nd Street North, Columbus in 1977, Mary Erby has always had a problem with her drainage whenever there’s heavy rainfall.
In recent years, she said, it’s getting worse.
With ‘Mother Nature in charge,’ dams unleash floodwaters
Days and days of heavy rain have created a dilemma for authorities managing dams along swollen rivers in Mississippi and Tennessee. The water has to be released eventually, worsening the flooding for people living downstream.
Mississippi braces for flooding amid cresting river
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday amid predictions that a river running in the area around the state capital of Jackson could burst its banks and spark widespread flooding.
The river came to them: Some in the path of flood waters evacuate, others ‘ride it out’
Most of the time, Tommy and Kay Jones, who live at the end of Bigbee Loop right on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River, go to the river.
But on occasion, Tommy said Thursday, the river comes to them.
Businesses affected by winter flooding still seeking help
When Carl Froshour’s property where Spurlock Road meets the Tombigbee River south of Columbus was inundated with 18 feet of floodwater in February, the waters receded within a week.
The after-effects did not.
Aldermen look at changes to stormwater code
After an April storm, the city recorded flooding on 30 of its streets. By then, the city’s year-to-date rainfall had almost doubled as city officials and residents alike wondered what could be done.
Flood damage at least $2B for Mississippi River towns
Repairs and cleanup following the prolonged flooding along the Mississippi River will cost more than $2 billion, an advocacy group for river communities said Tuesday.
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that’s been underwater since February, one of the state’s U.S. senators on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to order temporary pumps to the area to begin pumping water over the levee and into the already-swollen Mississippi River.
Historic rainfall prompts Starkville to examine runoff
It’s been a historic year for rainfall in Starkville.
The city has been bombarded by heavy rains through the winter and spring, including a series of significant rain events in April that led to flooding throughout town.
Flooding disrupts farm shipments on the Mississippi River
Normally this time of year, huge barges can be seen chugging up the Mississippi River, carrying millions of tons of grain to market and bringing agriculture-related products to farmers in the Midwest for the new growing season. But there’s not much barge traffic this year.
‘We haven’t given up on getting individual assistance’: MEMA plans to appeal denial of federal relief for private property affected by tornado, flooding
Two months after the EF-3 tornado that cut a swath of destruction through north and east Columbus, blue tarps still dot the landscape in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. They are telltale signs of a waiting game property owners are playing before repairs can be made.
High water continues to affect traffic on Tenn-Tom
It’s been almost seven weeks since heavy flooding shut down commercial traffic on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway between Coffeeville, Alabama, and Aberdeen.
Forecasters turn to array of technology to fight floodwaters
An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States.
Lowndes road department repairs flood damage to county roads
While much of the attention over the past few weeks has been focused on the city of Columbus and its efforts to clean up after the Feb. 23 EF-3 tornado, Lowndes County has had its own “heavy lifting” to do.
Weather damage to city property estimated at $9.3M
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency damage assessors have determined Columbus incurred roughly $9.3 million in damages as a result of the Feb. 23 tornado that came amid a week of flooding.
Community-Based Recovery Committee forming in Columbus
Volunteer coordinators, religious leaders and other community leaders will soon have the opportunity to join a local committee directing recovery efforts in the wake of the Feb. 23 tornado and subsequent flooding.
Lawrence: Weather damage assessments to be completed Friday
Just how much monetary damage a Feb. 23 tornado and days of flooding caused is still being determined as city, county and state officials continue to coordinate recovery and assessment efforts.
High water levels stymie river traffic
It’s been a quiet week along the Tombigbee River.
The familiar sight of barges moving up and down the waterway is strangely absent and the routine of loading and unloading at the Lowndes County Port has slowed to a trickle.
Photo: Plymouth Road washout repaired
After almost a week, the road washout on Plymouth Road near Miller Lane has been filled temporarily.