Jackson floods: Roads submerged, drivers warned to avoid high waters

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Flooding in Jackson: Streets submerged, roads closed, and drivers warned to avoid high waters. Stay safe and turn around, don't drown. Live updates from Emmy Victor on the scene.

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00:00Back here, there's Emmy Victor. Wow, Emmy, I heard you earlier in our ear being like,

00:04hey, I don't think I need my video of the flooding because there's flooding right behind me.

00:10Yeah, Ari, we have been driving around the Jackson area all morning, checking out areas that have

00:15reportedly flooded, and this right here is some of the most water we have seen covering a roadway

00:21so far. Let me set the scene for you here. We are in the corner of Mill and Monument Streets in

00:25downtown Jackson. You can see quite a bit of water here. In fact, the flood gauge that's

00:30listed just underneath the railroad tracks indicates that there's about two feet of water

00:34in this area, of course, making it very dangerous for drivers. This road is blocked off for people

00:40not to come through it, and as we've continued to check out reports of flooding, we have noticed

00:45that there are areas that still have some water, while other areas, their water has receded. So

00:51that is good news, but you are going to see areas like this throughout Jackson throughout the rest

00:55of the day as this rain continues to fall. If you do approach an area like this where the water

01:01continues to be high, it's important to turn around while there is that flood gauge here

01:07indicating how high the water is. In many cases, that isn't always the case, so that means you

01:13don't know how deep the water is. It's important that you don't drive through flooded waters. Ari?

01:19That is an amazing sign that I hope we start to see more of those. That's the first time I've ever

01:23seen that, you know, to give you an idea. But even if you have a vehicle that you think, you know,

01:28oh, I can get through with two feet, you don't know what's in the water. You don't know how the

01:30roads are underneath. So I think an important reminder. Not sure if you had anything you want

01:34to ask me. I was going to say, I mean, is there any drains? Is that area just going to have to

01:38recede on its own, or is there any sign that maybe that there's a drain clogged and that's

01:44why the water has collected there? Yeah, that's a good question. Let me take a quick look here.

01:51As far as I can see, there isn't a drain necessarily. This is underneath a railroad

01:57track, and there is a bit of a decline, so I think that possibly could be the reason as to

02:02why we're seeing so much water. I did speak with someone who just happened to be passing by, and

02:06they did say that this is an area that tends to flood. But this is relatively high, you know,

02:11two feet of water, so it is important if people approach this area that they are being especially

02:16careful. Now, Allie Reed was out in the water looking for fish. Have you seen any fish in

02:21Mississippi? We did see it around the New Orleans area earlier. Yeah, you know what? I did see that

02:29report, and I was kind of looking through the water, seeing if there was anything moving around.

02:34I saw a branch that I thought was a fish for a second because of how fast it was moving, but

02:38turns out it actually just was a branch. So everything's good here in this area. We're not

02:42seeing any fish quite yet. All right. Emmy is clearly on alert, probably for gators as well,

02:47too. You just never know what you may find there across Jackson, Mississippi. We appreciate,

02:51though, bringing those updates here and, yeah, helping clear the camera with maybe some more

02:55moisture still moving on.

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