mayor a second term. when i spoke to the residents, mayor, they told me they feel more prepared, the city officials told them more about the flooding than in 2020. what have you done differently to prepare your residents this time around? unfortunately, we ve had this experience within a short period of time and so we ve learned a lot. so we ve communicated early and often. we ve been able to better instruct the things that residents need to prepare around taking pictures of their items, making sure that they take their critical documents. we ve had a strong coalition of not only city departments but the county and state so it s been an all hands on deck process and hopefully that allows us to save life and property that would not be spared otherwise. reporter: we know that we re not expecting the river to crest at as high of a level as we saw in 2020 but this isn t a moment to underestimate the floodwaters. absolutely not. we want residents to heed these warnings. this
vehicles and want to avoid sustaining damage to those vehicles. we ve had church groups knock on doors and emphasize the critical importance of getting out and evacuating. reporter: it s already very hot and you talk about not having power, food spoiling. this could be a dire situation especially for the elderly or those unable to move around. absolutely, that s why our early communication was so necessary. we know that our ambulatory services have been supportive in this time to help move some of those elderly residents and make certain that they have shelter either with family, local hotels or in the most critical circumstance the local shelters that we provide. mayor lamumba of jackson, mississippi, thank you for joining us. thank you. reporter: fred, we expect the river to crest in the next 24 hours to about 35 1/2 feet, the pearl jam. nadia romero thank you so