Residents were on high alert Monday after rain and flooding forced mandatory evacuations and road closures across the area.
Jackson area residents have been evacuating the community since Friday. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba stressed the importance of leaving the area by Saturday, before water levels reached their highest point. Along with the order to leave, the Mayor has continued to update Jackson residents on the emergency conditions via Instagram.
Though evacuations were underway in some parts of Jackson, interactive flood maps show what could come next if the river continues to rise. Purple, dark grey and light gray sections of the map divide Jackson into parts that have already been flooded, as well as what's expected from floodwaters as the river reaches 38 feet.
Emergency crews have been trying to curve the river's rising waters since Saturday night, according to the. Water was released downstream to"keep up with the intake from Pearl River" according to a repost on Lumumba's Instagram on Saturday.
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