Experts predict the Pearl River near Jackson, Mississippi, will flood Monday
Veronique Daniels was sleeping on her mother’s back porch in Jackson when she got wind of an impending disaster.
A natural disaster threatening displacement could not have come at a worse time for Daniels, who became homeless three months ago. On Saturday, she evacuated from her mother’s porch in Canton Club Circle, the same Jackson subdivision that flooded in 2020. Daniels and other Jackson residents are taking precautions as the memories of the floods from two years ago loom large in their memories.
The Red Cross opened a temporary shelter Friday at the Jackson Police Department Training Academy. Linda Gagliardi, a Red Cross volunteer deployed from Huntsville, Alabama, said volunteers had fielded numerous calls Sunday. She expected an influx of residents seeking shelter to arrive Sunday night. As Red Cross volunteers helped Daniels finish a load of laundry, she waited for her 18-year-old daughter and an 11-month-old grandson to arrive. They had stayed with friends the previous night, but the family’s long-term plans are up on in the air.
“A lot of people took the heat last time,” Day told The Associated Press on Sunday, referring to residents who chose not to take precautions in 2020.
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