Extreme storms that introduced damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to elements of the Midwest and the South in the USA have been blamed for the deaths of three individuals, whereas a water disaster in Jackson, Mississippi exacerbated by latest flooding is inflicting main low-water strain issues.
Tons of of hundreds of residents in Michigan have been with out electrical energy on Tuesday morning after highly effective storms toppled timber and downed hundreds of energy strains within the state a day earlier, together with an influence line that electrocuted a 14-year-old lady.
Greater than 375,000 clients remained with out energy, utility corporations stated on Tuesday as dozens of colleges throughout southeastern Michigan, together with practically two dozen in Detroit alone, cancelled courses due to the outages, officers and The Detroit Information stated.
The storms within the Midwest and South – and the flooding in Mississippi – come amid rising issues within the US and all over the world over the influence of extreme climate that scientists blame on local weather change.
Within the Michigan metropolis of Monroe, a 14-year-old lady was electrocuted on Monday within the yard of her dwelling after coming into contact with {an electrical} line that was knocked down by a thunderstorm, the general public security division stated in a Fb put up.
In Arkansas, an 11-year-old boy died after he was swept right into a storm drain throughout heavy rainfall on Monday, authorities stated.
A 47-year-old girl who tried to assist the kid was additionally pulled from the drain and brought to a hospital for remedy, in response to police in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gradual-moving thunderstorms introduced heavy rainfall to the realm Monday and brought on localised flash flooding, the Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) reported.
“These heavy rains, once they fell, loads of them fell actually rapidly and in a short while,” stated meteorologist Brad McGavock, who relies within the NWS’s Tulsa, Oklahoma workplace, which covers elements of Arkansas. “Water administration by way of these storm drains can actually result in an enormous quantity of water by way of these culverts.”
In Toledo, Ohio, a lady was killed Monday night time when a tree fell on her behind her dwelling simply as a robust storm moved by way of the realm, the town’s hearth division stated.
Late on Monday, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency after extreme rainfall worsened issues in Jackson, a metropolis with already troubled water-treatment crops. The issues are inflicting low water strain by way of a lot of the town of 180,000 individuals situated in central Mississippi.
The low strain raised issues about firefighting and about residents’ means to take showers or flush bathrooms, as even individuals who do have water are boiling it to scrub dishes. Jackson, a majority Black metropolis, will probably be with out secure water for ingesting, and even for brushing enamel for “an unknown time period”, Reeves stated, inflicting alarm and requires a federal response.
Mississippi’s Nationwide Guard was activated on Tuesday to assist distribute water.
The town of Jackson, MS is beneath a water emergency. No water for issues like fires, bathing, rest room flushing, ingesting, and so forth. As a result of the state of Mississippi has persistently failed its Jackson residents, which might be majority Black, we’d like a federal response. That is unbelievable
— Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) August 30, 2022
The flooding contributed to the remedy plant’s failure, officers stated, though Reeves stated he had realized final week that the breakdown was solely a matter of time, given years of poor upkeep. The lack of water strain “has created a situation of catastrophe and excessive peril to the protection of individuals and property”, an announcement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s workplace learn.
The issues on the water remedy plant got here after the town appeared to largely keep away from widespread flooding from a Pearl River swollen by days of heavy rain.
One dwelling was flooded Monday, however Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba stated the water didn’t rise as excessive as anticipated. Earlier projections confirmed about 100 to 150 buildings within the Jackson space confronted the potential for flooding.
Jackson has two water-treatment crops, and the bigger one is close to a reservoir that gives many of the metropolis’s water provide. The reservoir additionally has a task in flood management.
Jackson has had long-standing issues with its water system. A chilly snap in 2021 left a big variety of individuals with out operating water after pipes froze. Related issues occurred once more early this 12 months, on a smaller scale.
Even earlier than the flooding Monday brought on low-water strain issues, metropolis residents have been already being suggested to boil the water popping out of their pipes earlier than utilizing it to scrub dishes or to do different family chores – pointers they’ve been following since July. Exams discovered a cloudy high quality to the water that might result in well being issues.
Legislative leaders reacted with alarm to Jackson’s newest water system issues.
“We have now grave issues for residents’ well being and security,” Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann stated in a statement Monday, suggesting the state take a task in making an attempt to resolve the difficulty.
Speaker of the Mississippi Home of Representatives Philip Gunn stated he has been contacted by hospitals, companies and faculties “pleading that one thing be executed to handle the water disaster in Jackson”.
Because the Pearl River began to rise final week, some Jackson residents began transferring furnishings and home equipment out of their properties, and others stocked up on sandbags. Two years in the past, torrential rain brought on the river to crest at 11.2 metres (36.7 ft) the third highest stage on file for the town and the very best since 1983. Jackson properties within the hardest-hit neighbourhoods have been stuffed with soiled, snake-infested floodwaters.
Published 10:00 am Monday, May 20, 2024
The University of Mississippi has purchased the former home of Dickie and Dianne Scruggs.
Located on Faulkner Woods Place, the 10,176-square-foot home sits on about 9 acres of property on the campus’s border.
The university purchased the home and the surrounding acreage for $10 million. A recent appraisal showed the property being worth more than $17 million.
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved the purchase and naming of the home, “The Scruggs Home at Ole Miss” during its April meeting.
“This property offers a rare opportunity to acquire nearly 10 acres bordering our campus and the grounds of Rowan Oak,” said Jacob Batte, director of News & Media Relations for the university. “The opportunity became even more attractive when the Scruggs agreed to sell the home to the university for 60 percent of the appraised value, which yielded an in-kind donation of almost $8 million to the university.”
Batte said how the house and property will be used by the university still “remains to be determined.”
According to the information submitted by Ole Miss to the IHL, the university is interested in acquiring properties that support strategic growth – considering factors such as contiguous locations, strategic/mission aligned value, expansion capability, affordability and fit for future use.”
“This property is valuable to the university in that real estate near the campus is in high demand, low in supply, and is generally priced in accordance with such appealing attributes,” the written request to the IHL stated.
Rendering of the proposed new parking garage on campus. Image provided
During the meeting, the IHL also approved the exterior design for a new 1,331-space parking garage on campus.
The garage will be located immediately west of the existing North Parking Garage to service an additional 985 beds being built in three new residential units where the former Kincannon dormitory was located before it was demolished last year.
The new garage has a $50 million budget.
Both requests were part of the consent agenda during the meeting so there was no discussion on either and the entire consent agenda was approved unanimously.
In the end, the bats never woke up.
A year after Mississippi State finished last in the Southeastern Conference in both batting average and on-base percentage, the Bulldogs boasted one of the SEC’s top offenses for much of 2024. But starting with a mid-April loss to South Alabama, MSU entered Saturday averaging a mere 1.5 runs per game over its last 10 contests.
The Bulldogs scored just one run, total, in a 2-1 loss to No. 8 Stanford and a 7-0 defeat to Cal State Fullerton on Saturday as their season came to a premature conclusion in the NCAA regionals.
“It’s always tough when you see a season come to an end,” head coach Samantha Ricketts said. “That’s not how we hoped this weekend would go, but overall, there’s a lot to be proud of with this group, particularly the senior class and what it took for us to get back to this point. The work really started a year ago when we didn’t hear our name last year. We knew that wasn’t up to our standard and what we’ve been working so hard to build.”
MSU (34-20) held the Cardinal to just two runs on six hits in the winners’ bracket game, but against the nation’s ERA leader in NiJaree Canady, those two runs were enough for Stanford. Center fielder Sierra Sacco touched up Canady for a solo home run on the first pitch of the fourth inning, just her second long ball of the year. Other than that, though, MSU managed just two singles in the game.
The Cardinal (46-14) opened the scoring in the second when Bulldogs third baseman Nadia Barbary made an errant throw to first base after fielding a bunt, putting the leadoff batter at second. Jade Berry followed with an RBI double to give her team the lead, and Ava Gall’s solo homer an inning later put Stanford ahead by two. Canady struck out 13 MSU hitters and issued just one walk to make sure the lead stood up.
“She’s a great pitcher. We knew there were going to be strikeouts,” Ricketts said. “We knew she was going to be tough. We can do a little bit better job of swinging within our game plan and our approach because you’re not going to get a whole lot of mistakes with a pitcher like that (in the circle).”
Cal State Fullerton, after losing to the Bulldogs on Friday, defeated Saint Mary’s in Saturday’s first elimination game, so MSU and the Titans met again Saturday night with a trip to the regional final on the line. Sophomore Josey Marron, making her first career postseason appearance, held Fullerton scoreless through four innings, but the Bulldogs likewise could not crack the scoreboard against Titans ace Haley Rainey.
Like Marron, Rainey relies on her drop ball to generate ground ball outs, giving MSU a different look after facing the flamethrowing, rise ball specialist Canady earlier in the day. Rainey issued five walks but surrendered just three hits in six shutout innings before Leanna Garcia closed out the Bulldogs’ season in the seventh. MSU was 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
Fullerton (39-19) put up a seven-spot in the bottom of the fifth to turn a scoreless game into a blowout. Hannah Becerra’s infield single drove in the game’s first run, Peyton Toto singled in two more and then Colby McClinton broke the game wide open with a grand slam off Aspen Wesley, who had relieved Marron following Toto’s hit.
An eight-member senior class — Wesley, Paige Cook, Brylie St. Clair, Madisyn Kennedy, Matalasi Faapito, Kat Wallace, Lexi Sosa and Aquana Brownlee — has played its final game with the Bulldogs. But MSU had three underclassmen starting in the infield this season, a freshman behind the plate and youngsters Marron and Delainey Everett as part of the pitching staff, so the foundation to build on this year’s success is there.
“We’re really excited about the future of this program, and we’ve brought in such great athletes the last couple of years,” Ricketts said. “You see the young talent, the freshmen up the middle that we’ve had and behind the plate mixed with those fifth-year seniors. It was just really special. They had a great chance to learn from those upperclassmen with a lot of experience, and they’ll be able to pass it on next year to another big recruiting class we have coming in.”
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