April 15, 2014
The flood stage for the Pearl River near Jackson is 28 feet. Currently, at just over 33 feet, the river doesn't come close to the Easter Flood of 1979, when the river swelled over 43 feet, flooding downtown Jackson and causing more than $1 billion in damage as calculated in today's money.
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