Damage from floods most widespread since Hurricane Katrina
Published 11:00 am Tuesday, March 22, 2016
- The Pearl River is above flood stage Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Pearlington, Miss. Emergency officials in Louisiana and Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River that divides the two states Monday amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes. (Karen Nelson/Sun Herald via AP)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi officials say the damage from floods this month is the most widespread the state has had since Hurricane Katrina.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/22snUH9) federal and state assessment teams have been on the ground in the Delta and will head to the Hattiesburg area on Tuesday.
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Smithson says extensive flooding in those areas has left hundreds of houses and businesses damaged and destroyed.
Smithson said Coahoma, Bolivar and Washington counties have been assessed, but there are still more Delta counties to go.
He says FEMA, MEMA and the Small Business Administration have been leading the assessments.
Officials are urging that flood victims get in touch with their county officials.
