The flood threat in the South will be discussed Thursday at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Forecasters warn of ‘potentially historic’ flooding in the South that could last for WEEKS as snow melting in the upper Midwest fills the Mississippi river
- The flood threat in the South will be discussed Thursday in a 2019 spring outlook
- The report is aimed at helping emergency managers and other safety officials
- Experts plan briefing on a flood forecast at National Water Center in Alabama
Historic flooding could soon deluge parts of several Southern states along the lower Mississippi River, where floodwaters could persist for several weeks, scientists say.
The flood threat in the South will be discussed Thursday, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases its 2019 spring outlook.<
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Experts plan a briefing on their flood forecast at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency further north as they reel from a ‘bomb cyclone’ last week.
This March 11 photo shows a makeshift levee built by a resident in Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Backwater flooding covers stretches of farm lands near Yazoo City, Miss., Sunday, March 17
The cab of a pickup truck peeks out of floodwaters Wednesday, March 20, in Hamburg, Iowa
Aerial photo shows flooding near the Platte River in in Plattsmouth, Neb., south of Omaha
Aerial view of road damaged by major flooding in Elkhorn, Nebraska last week
More than 7 million people were under flood warnings as of Tuesday, the National Weather Service said, as the heartland deals with the aftermath of snow melt and last week’s ‘bomb cyclone’ that has left at least four dead in Nebraska.
Thursday’s report is aimed at helping emergency managers and other safety officials to prepare for flooding along the Mississippi.
Flooding in Southern states this spring will be ‘potentially historic,’ NOAA said in an advisory.
Rapidly melting snow in the upper Midwest is contributing to flooding that will eventually make its way downstream to the Gulf Coast, forecasters have said……more here