WUWM

Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt

On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years prior, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed. When the rising floodwaters ...
WESA

After 8 decades, a huge flood-control project in Mississippi may finally get built

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta’s Yazoo Backwater. It destroyed nearly 700 homes, wiped out an entire planting season for some farms and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Messenger: The Flood of 2019 begins as Missouri and Mississippi rivers swell. Downstream, we wait

Last week, four separate times, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced increased releases of water from the Gavins Point Dam in Yankton, S.D., from 50,000 cubic feet per second to 60,000, then ...
The Shreveport Times

Mighty Mississippi River rising in Louisiana, will flood for first time since 2019

The Mississippi River is expected to reach flood stage in Louisiana for the first time since 2019, prompting flood-fight measures. The rising river levels, caused by heavy rains in the Ohio Valley, ...
WWNO

Mississippi River mayors lobby for more government funding for flooding, mitigation

“Everything that has to do with the river affects Vicksburg,” said Mayor George Flaggs Jr., co-chair of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), a nonprofit organization advocating ...
WWNO

Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 14, 2025. Find that audio here. On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years ...