VICKSBURG, MS (WLBT) - (Posted on 4/30/11 at 2:51 a.m.)
Officials are working hard to get the word out that the 2011 Mississippi River flood is big, the second biggest on record, and it is coming fast.
The city of Vicksburg has already stacked cross ties 15 feet high to keep the Mississippi River levee from coming through the flood wall which protects the lower part of the city along Levee Street. They are getting ready to do the same at the foot of Clay Street.
Governor Haley Barbour held a news conference to warn those who are affected by the big river to move to higher ground.
"I am urging everyone who has property that will be affected by these flood levels, to determine if that property can be moved or elevated, or somehow protected and to do so as soon as practical," said Barbour.
Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield held a news conference at Water's Edge to issue a similar warning to people.
"We anticipate a record flood, what we are doing now is getting out ahead of it and informing the public and making sure they are fully aware of what's happening," said Winfield.
Officials are working hard to get the word out that the 2011 Mississippi River flood is big, the second biggest on record, and it is coming fast.
The city of Vicksburg has already stacked cross ties 15 feet high to keep the Mississippi River levee from coming through the flood wall which protects the lower part of the city along Levee Street. They are getting ready to do the same at the foot of Clay Street.
Governor Haley Barbour held a news conference to warn those who are affected by the big river to move to higher ground.
"I am urging everyone who has property that will be affected by these flood levels, to determine if that property can be moved or elevated, or somehow protected and to do so as soon as practical," said Barbour.
Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield held a news conference at Water's Edge to issue a similar warning to people.
"We anticipate a record flood, what we are doing now is getting out ahead of it and informing the public and making sure they are fully aware of what's happening," said Winfield.
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