Drought conditions raise concerns across the Heartland
KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau - Thu May 24, 8:21 pm ETFarmers in Mississippi County, Missouri now deal with dry conditions when last year they dealt with historic flooding.
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Drought conditions raise concerns across the Heartland
KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau - Thu May 24, 8:21 pm ETFarmers in Mississippi County, Missouri now deal with dry conditions when last year they dealt with historic flooding.
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Flood insurance is again in jeopardy
WLOX-TV Biloxi - Wed May 23, 9:14 pm ETWe are just days away from the beginning of the 2012 hurricane season and those who rely on federal flood insurance may not be covered. Congress has until May 31 to pass an extension. In South Mississippi alone, 88,000 homeowners rely on the National Flood Insurance Program.
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Region 8 prepares emergency plan
The News-Star - Thu May 24, 2:20 am ETIn case of an event such as the Great Flood of 2011, which threatened to flood numerous parishes and counties along the Mississippi River, a plan has been put in place for the safety of area residents.
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Record Mississippi River flood levels commemorated
WAPT Jackson - Fri May 18, 10:26 am ETVicksburg officials commemorate last year's record Mississippi River flood level.
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Delta Council: Anguish of 2011 flood abates with new planting season
Mississippi Business Journal - Sun May 20, 2:13 am ETCLEVELAND — Mississippi Delta farmers took a hit estimated as high as $80 million in last spring’s flooding. But as is the custom in the Delta, despair must give way to renewed optimism with the arrival of the spring planting season.
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South metro briefs
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sun May 20, 1:05 am ETSouth St. Paul has received $500,000 from the state to study the prospects for a southward extension of the flood wall that protects businesses along the Mississippi River.
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Historic Flood 2011: One Year Later
WJTV Jackson - Fri May 18, 7:14 pm ETVICKSBURG - It’s been one year since historic flood waters forced thousands of people out of their homes in Central Mississippi.
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Ceremony Commemorates Flood of 2011 in Vicksburg
NBC 10 - FOX 14 Monroe - Fri May 18, 6:31 pm ETMississippi political leaders joined folks from local agencies and officials with the City of Vicksburg to commemorate the record flooding in 2011.
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Vicksburg flood crest anniversary Friday
WLBT 3 Jackson - Fri May 18, 8:32 am ETThe City of Vicksburg and Army Corps of Engineers hosted a ceremony to recognize the first anniversary of the Mississippi River cresting at 57.1 feet.
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Vicksburg marks anniversary of historical river crest
Mississippi Business Journal - Fri May 18, 1:13 pm ETVICKSBURG – It was a period of numerical reflection Friday morning here on the banks of the Mississippi River. It was exactly one year ago that the Mississippi crested at 57.1 feet, breaking the record set in 1927 (56.2 feet) and cementing the 2011 flood as modern history’s highwater mark.
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Flood insurance is again in jeopardy
WLOX-TV Biloxi - Wed May 23, 9:14 pm ETRecord Mississippi River flood levels commemorated
WAPT Jackson - Fri May 18, 10:26 am ETDelta Council: Anguish of 2011 flood abates with new planting season
Mississippi Business Journal - Sun May 20, 2:13 am ETHistoric Flood 2011: One Year Later
WJTV Jackson - Fri May 18, 7:14 pm ETVicksburg marks anniversary of historical river crest
Mississippi Business Journal - Fri May 18, 1:13 pm ETArmy Corps of Engineers: Backwater levees must be raised or face de-certification
Mississippi Business Journal - Thu May 17, 4:13 pm ETLeland gets $1M to prevent creek flooding
WXVT 15 Greenville - Wed May 16, 4:15 pm ETLevee Board confident NFIP will get temp. renewal
The Clarksdale Press Register - Tue May 15, 9:28 am ET
