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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 ....
Much. our meteorologist is tracking latest from the cnn weather center. britley, what are you seeing from your view? the barnett reservoir crest happened earlier this morning. it s a good thing when it comes down to the pearl river. current levels 35.19 feet. forecast to crest at 35 1/2 feet just below major flood stage coming into tomorrow morning. rain chances have finally started to come down a bit so the heavy, steady rain less likely but we re still dealing with flood warnings along the lower mississippi valley until further notice, all the way down into parts of louisiana, where near record levels are expected. so there s that scattered shower and storm chance along the gulf coast trying to pump back into the lower mississippi valley within the next two days with that area of low pressure hanging nearby. a lot of rain, no, not much compared to what we picked up ....