AOL

On This Date: The Great Mississippi River Flood Of 1927 Ramped Up

In mid-April 1927, 98 years ago this week, another deluge of torrential rain tipped the Mississippi River basin into a historic flood that remains among the most destructive in U.S. history. The ...
Yahoo

New Roads unveils historical marker for Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ROADS, La. (Louisiana First) — Nearly 100 years after one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, Louisiana is marking ...
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Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt

On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years prior, the sandbag levee protecting his family home failed. When the rising floodwaters ...
WBUR

After 8 decades, a huge flood-control project in Mississippi may finally get built

In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta’s Yazoo Backwater. It destroyed nearly 700 homes, wiped out an entire planting season for some farms and ...
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Historic Mississippi flood destroyed his home. 5 years later, it's finally rebuilt

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 14, 2025. Find that audio here. On Thanksgiving Day, 2024, Anderson Jones had something to be grateful for. He finally made it home. Five years ...