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Mississippi River reaches crest, local businesses say they’re thankful for 2023 flood mitigation efforts
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – The Mississippi River has reached its crest right here within the Quad Cities, and though 2023′s ranges didn’t surpass 2019′s ranges, this flood can be one for the file books, even rating within the high 10 Quad Cities Mississippi River file floods.
Because the river reaches its highest stage within the Quad Cities, one native enterprise shares why they’re grateful for the flood mitigation efforts that the Metropolis of Davenport has put in place for the flood of 2023.
In 2019, the very best crest of the Mississippi was recorded at 22.7 toes, and that is when the Hesco limitations broke, inflicting main flood harm to quite a few downtown Davenport companies.
In earlier years, based on hydrologist’s data the Mississippi River within the Quad Cities has seen equally high-crest ranges like in 1993 when the river reached 22.63 toes, and in 1868 when the river reached 22.0 toes.
However as for the flood of 2023, the Mississippi River will rank across the seventh or eighth spot for file flood ranges, with the crest being a minimum of, 21.51 toes.
This yr, Metropolis of Davenport officers stated that they took what they discovered from the flood of 2019 to insure that the Hesco limitations might stand up to 2023′s flood.
Entrance Road Brewery, an area enterprise positioned alongside River Drive in Davenport, says that they’re no stranger to the Mississippi flooding, because the 30 years that they’ve been in enterprise.
Nevertheless, Entrance Road Brewery’s homeowners say that the flood mitigation efforts put in place by the Metropolis of Davenport after the 2019 flood have confirmed to be efficient this go round.
“All we might do at that time was cross our fingers that they might work,” stated Entrance Road Brewery Co-Proprietor. “And right here we’re in 2023 with almost the degrees of flood waters that we skilled in 2019, and I’m blissful to say that each of our buildings have held up effectively and executed precisely what they’re speculated to do. All of the measures we took to mitigate potential harm, with or with no breach have proved to achieve success and allowed us to remain open.”
However, simply because the Mississippi River has reached crest-level doesn’t imply that these companies are within the clear, consultants say. It is going to nonetheless take awhile, a minimum of till mid to late Could for the river to go down beneath flood stage.
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July 6 (UPI) — Two inmates held on murder charges are back behind bars Saturday after they escaped from a Mississippi jail.
Claiborne County Sheriff Edward Good said deputies found 24-year-old Tyrekennel Collins and 18-year-old Dezarrious Johnson at an abandoned home Saturday morning after the two had escaped the Claiborne County Detention Center at around 2:20 a.m. Friday. Clairborne County is 60 miles south of Jackson, Miss.
They will be transported to Jefferson County and Copiah County, respectively, where they were originally arrested for murder. Their escape will land them additional charges, which carry up to five years in prison, Good said.
Chief Deputy Christy Sykes told NBC News the inmates escaped by climbing through a ceiling panel in the common area of the jail. From there, they made their way to a window and used bed sheets to rappel to the ground.
Other inmates immediately alerted jail staff that the two had escaped.
Johnson injured his leg during the escape and had a bad limp, according to authorities.
The sheriff’s department warned residents to “take necessary precautions.” The two were not believed to be armed during their escape but were still considered dangerous.
Collins was arrested in 2023 in connection with the murder of his 46-year-old cousin.
Johnson is charged with murder and aggravated assault in the killing of one person and injury of two others in 2022.
Sykes said this isn’t the first time Claiborne County inmates have been able to escape through a panel in the ceiling.
“It’s been an issue,” she said. “We’re working closely with the board of supervisors to get this taken care of as soon as possible.”
A manhunt is underway to track down two suspected killers who have escaped from a jail in southwestern Mississippi.
Tyrekennel Collins, 24, and Dezarrious Johnson, 18, broke out of the Claiborne County Detention Center around 2.20am local time on Friday, according to the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department.
Footage from the facility shows the men crawling into the ceiling of the jail, the sheriff’s department said.
From there, the pair managed to find a means of escape to the jail’s exterior.
Johnson reportedly injured his right leg during the escape, which may have given him a limp, authorities said.
Both men are currently awaiting trial for separate murder chargers in separate counties.
The sheriff’s department warned that they “are considered to be dangerous” and urged “all citizens to take necessary precautions”.
Collins is charged with murder in Copiah County for the October killing of his 46-year-old cousin, James Collins. Copiah County is approximately 40 miles west of Claiborne County.
Johnson is charged with both murder and aggravated assault in Jefferson County after he allegedly killed one person and injured two others. His trial is set to begin on October 15. Jefferson County is directly south of Claiborne County.
The Claiborne County Detention Center is located in Port Gibson, Mississippi, which is approximately 60 miles southwest of Jackson.
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