Drone footage shows a 100ft break in a Mississippi dam as life-threatening flash flood warnings are issued and residents are told to evacuate to higher ground immediately.
Drone footage shows a 100-foot breach in Mississippi’s Archusa Creek Water Park lake dam Sunday night during heavy storms. Last week, a dam in Vermont came within a foot of failing
A life-threatening flood warning has been issued after a Mississippi levee broke 100 feet, and residents have been asked to evacuate to higher ground immediately.
Shocking drone footage shows raging water eroding the land surrounding the Archusa Creek Water Park Lake Dam structure, as it spilled the top of the wall into the creek below.
The National Weather Service posted a ‘fatal flash flood warning in low-flow areas’ after a dam broke in the city at 8:04 p.m. Sunday.
‘If you are in low-lying areas below Archusa, you should immediately move to higher ground,’ officials warned.
‘Turn back, don’t drown when you face a flooded road. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles,’ they added.
Drone footage shows a 100-foot levee breaching Sunday night in Mississippi during a heavy storm in the area, which officials said could cause ‘life-threatening’ flash flooding.
The warning remains in effect until 5:15 a.m. Monday. NWS officials posted an update at 11:01 p.m. local time saying dam operators were still reporting failures of the west spillway.
The NWS warned that the closest downstream location, Desoto Landing, could see flooding early Monday morning.
All of Archusa Creek Park is closed to the public until further notice, the park confirmed on Facebook Sunday.
Archusa Creek was one of three different water bodies in Clark County that the National Weather Service said could be affected by wet weather Sunday night.
The other two waterways of concern are Hanging Moss Creek and the Chickasawhe River, both in Clark County.
Clark County Sheriff Todd Kemp said he breached an emergency spillway and some were trying to get their boats out of the water in time to avoid flooding.
Kemp added local officials and sheriff’s deputies remained on standby throughout the night.
Several states have had flash flooding problems in the past week, with a dam in Vermont coming within a foot of failure last Tuesday.
Archusa Creek was one of three different reservoirs in Clark County that the National Weather Service said could be affected by wet weather Sunday night, with officials saying the dam officially broke at 8:04 p.m.
Footage from above the creek shows the dam clearly breached, with water pouring through a nearly 100-foot-wide breach.
The land around the dam structure has eroded and water is flowing over parts of the dam wall, while another video shows trees uprooted and floating away.
The NWS has posted a warning that there is a possibility of ‘fatal flash flooding in low-flow areas’
All of Archusa Creek Park is closed to the public until further notice, the park confirmed on Facebook Sunday.
The warning will remain in effect until at least 5:15 a.m. Monday, with officials monitoring violations after midnight local time
The state faced rough weather for the second time this week, as torrential rains pounded central Mississippi for several hours on Thursday, flooding roads, homes and businesses in Winston County, about 90 miles north of Clark County.
Winston County Sheriff Jason Pugh said law enforcement officials rescued at least eight people from the vehicle and evacuated several others from the home.
A car drifted into a ditch in the swift waters, but the driver escaped before drowning. The man was standing knee-deep in floodwater on top of his car as officers rescued him, Pugh told The Associated Press.
No deaths or serious injuries had been reported in the county by evening, the mayor said.
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