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NOAA’s spring flood forecast is welcome news for everyone

Clay Chandler — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:01:46 +0000

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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Good and bad news: Damage count not enough to qualify for federal assistance

Clay Chandler — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:00:34 +0000

By 10 a.m., last Tuesday, Henry Cote was running on fumes. “I haven’t been to sleep yet,” said the Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce’s executive director as he stood on Main Street. Cote had spent last Monday night and Tuesday morning doing all he could to help his members begin to recover from a tornado [...]

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