Flood waters receding in Harrison County

Rivers in Harrison County were at their highest point on Wednesday, flooding streets and neighborhoods. Today we’re beginning to see them recede just a little bit, enough for some residents to begin moving furniture back into their homes.
Rivers in Harrison County posed a threat to neighborhoods with high rising waters, each over 10 feet high, a situation that home owners in the Wells Ferry Cove subdivision are all too familiar with. Wells Ferry Landing Resident Andy Cosper said, “Oh yeah, the news has been down the spot as far as where it’s going to crest and how high it’s going to get in levels. So, after years of living here, you know when you need to start getting things up stairs.”
Wells Ferry Landing Resident Danny Carter said, “We just stayed at home and watched TV, stayed on the balcony, watched the snakes and alligators and stuff.”
Every year, this area is affected with flood waters from the Tchoutacabouffa River, leaving them to prepare immediately and park vehicles on the main highway. On Wednesday night, it crest around 12 feet high. “It’s just an inconvenience of having to bring furniture up and down the stairs, about once or twice a year on average, parking your cars up here, making sure nothing’s getting broken. It’s a good thing local officers and police departments, they’re always driving by and making sure everything’s good up there,” said Cosper.
“The water was up higher on the slab. It was about two feet, two feet higher, not worse than Katrina, but the worse since Katrina,” said Carter.
Luckily, no water made it inside any of their houses. Since then, the water has receded to around ten feet, allowing them to move their vehicles and furniture back into their homes.