NOAA’s spring flood forecast is welcome news for everyone
by Clay Chandler
Published: April 1,2012
Tags: backwater tributary, Henry Cote, Mississippi River, National Weather Service, NOAA, spring flooding, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce, Yazoo County Port
It was this time last year that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its spring flood forecast for the Mississippi River Basin that used words like “historic” and “catastrophic.” It proved to be a prophecy, as a 100-year flood deluged areas near the Mississippi River and its backwater tributaries. Mississippi was among the hardest [...]
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