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Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food, and water. Mississippi’s capital city entered a fourth day on Thursday with little or no water flowing from faucets, authorities were scrambling to get a failing water treatment plant plagued by decades of deferred maintenance back online. This comes on top of a boil water notice in effect for more than a month – has upended life in the city of roughly 150,000 residents, where schools were shuttered this week, businesses are forced to adapt and people have had to wait in long lines for bottled water they can use to drink, cook or brush their teeth. Heavy rain and flash floods drenched Mississippi, prompting rescue operations, closures and evacuations Wednesday including dozens of residents at a nursing home in the central part of the state. Rain has pummeled the central and southern parts of the state for the last three days. Flash flood warnings were in effect for several areas from Jackson, the state capital, to Meridian and southward to Laurel and Prentiss, with numerous reports of flooding Wednesday. First responders in the central Mississippi county also said they were working to rescue people from their homes.
Providing water to Jackson residents with no water to drink, cook or bath in. Jackson, Mississippi residents have been without water for two weeks, since the winter storm hit in February. The communities do not know when the water will return and the water crisis is far from over. Jackson has been on a boil-water advisory since February 23. Meanwhile, some residents are still experiencing little to no water pressure in parts of the city. The aging infrastructure, has delayed full access to water. Jackson currently does not have the funds to adequately fix damaged infrastructure he said, explaining, "We need long-term support to deal with this issue that has gone without being addressed sufficiently for decades." Jackson Mississippi Disaster Relief
Providing Water To Jackson Mississippi Residents
Hurricane Sally has strengthened into a Category 1 storm and is expected to strike the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Wind speed at 110 miles an hour as a category 1. The northern gulf coasts could start to see effects such as life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and flash flooding. Hurricane Sally has added a another layer of hardship for people during coronavirus. "Catastrophic damage" will occur when a Category13 comes ashore. Homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted, and power poles downed. We will be providing shelter, food, and water to people needing help. We will update this post soon. Disaster Relief Mississippi Donate Opulent Philanthropy Inc., 501 (c) (3) Non Profit Organization Your donations are tax exempt to the extent of the IRS tax laws.
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Southern Mississippi was hit by a tornado on Easter Sunday, with two huge tornadoes touching down just miles apart. One victim was located in Walthall County while two deaths came in from Lawrence Country, the first two counties the tornado hit on April 12. Jefferson County has reported three deaths and Jones County one. Trees shredded, roofs partially torn off and homes destroyed.
Disaster Relief, providing shelter, food, water and hygiene necessities.
More neighborhoods in Jackson, Mississippi were starting to flood Saturday as the swollen Pearl River may soon reach its highest point in decades, city officials said.
Authorities urged people in mandatory evacuation zones in Mississippi's capital to leave their homes or ask for help evacuating. "Please, please get out before dark tonight," Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference, addressing hundreds of people whom officials have asked to evacuate near the river in the Jackson area. As of Saturday night, the Pearl River, already moderately flooding some neighborhoods around northeast Jackson, had risen to nearly 36 feet and nearly 8 feet above flood stage.
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