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Press release: Sheriff stresses preparation

The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office issued the following release at 12:30 p.m. today.

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Noon update: Parish upgrades level on evacuation plan

Though no evacuation of Concordia Parish has been ordered, Concordia Parish officials have raised the situation to a ...

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Effect on farmers may be devastating

The threat of a 64-foot crest on the Mississippi River has residents all over Concordia Parish worried, but ...

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Barge traffic continues for now

Traffic coming down the Mississippi has not yet been restricted , but a U.S. Coast Guard official said ...

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5 p.m. update: Crest date moved back one day

The National Weather Service has moved the predicted Mississippi River crest day at Natchez back one day, to ...

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Noon flood update: River only 2.5 feet from record level

The Mississippi River continued inching higher Sunday. At 10 a.m. the Natchez gauge reported a level of 55.52 ...

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Levees are decades-old protectors

The history of the Mississippi River levee system as we know it really begins in 1927. Levees weren’t a ...

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Fears overtake some residents, trailers move out

Some Concordia Parish residents sit in sparsely furnished houses today, waiting for the drop of an official’s hat ...

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Prep nears end as waters move in

Inmate crews finished securing most of the buildings and the city’s two water wells from floodwaters on the ...

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5 p.m. update: Levees to close Sunday

The Fifth District Levee Board will shut down all vehicular traffic on the unpaved Mississippi River levee system ...

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Noon update: Water reaches across Silver Street

The Mississippi River at Natchez sits at 54.52 feet.

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Corps releases estimated Natchez-Vidalia inundation map

At the request of The Natchez Democrat, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District released a map ...

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Adams County sets up dog, cat evacuee shelter

The humane society and sheriff’s office are keeping their eye on the Miss-Lou’s four-legged community as the Mississippi ...

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Silver Street work stalls when ground sinks

Efforts to build a sand wall to protect Silver Street from up to 70 feet of the rising ...

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5 p.m. update: Silver Street work hits minor snag

The current Mississippi River stage is 53.97.

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Noon update: River at 53.74 feet

The Mississippi River at Natchez currently sits at 53.55 feet.

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Vidalia prays, surrenders fears

NATCHEZ — Tears and quivering voices gave away the reason a larger-than-usual crowd gathered for the National Day ...

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Adams County begins prevention

NATCHEZ — More than two weeks will pass before a projected 64-foot crest of the Mississippi River reaches ...

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Weather service tracking rainfall

NATCHEZ — The Miss-Lou was in high-powered, sand-pouring, flood-planning mode Thursday, as the Mississippi River at Natchez stood ...

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Ferriday residents express flood concerns

FERRIDAY — With cars lining Florida Avenue and Second Street, Ferriday residents flocked to a Ferriday community meeting ...

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