7/30/2023 0 Comments Oklahoma flash flood emergencyEmergency crews respond to damage after possible tornado in Seminole.DOWNLOAD the 2 News Oklahoma app for alerts.Rain causes problems for Bixby senior living complex.Several school districts in Green Country have closed for the day due to the impacts of flooding.ĬLICK here to find an alternate route for your travels. SH-31 is closed between the US-270 Jct.US-75A/SH-16 at the railroad underpass east of Beggs - OPEN.SH-56 about 4 miles west of Okmulgee near Dripping Springs Lake.SH-48 is closed just south of I-40 at the N.US-62 closed just south of US-64/SH-16/SH-72 junction (Jamesville Y) in western Muskogee County.SH-10 at the railroad underpass in Fort Gibson - OPEN.US-62B at US-62/Shawnee Bypass in Muskogee - OPEN.near Hanging Rock in northeast Cherokee County SH-10 about 12.5 miles north of the US-62 Jct.near Camp Egan in east Cherokee County - OPEN US-62 closed 3 miles east of the SH-51 Jct.US-62 closed near the SH-51 in Eldon - OPEN. US-62 about 1 mile east of the Cherokee County line - OPEN.Oklahoma Highway Patrol is also providing support.Īccording to ODOT as of 4 p.m., the following roads are closed due to flooding: Mutual aid from Lincoln, Logan, and Pontotoc Counties are responding. Seminole Emergency Management reports significant damage to structures including businesses. Flooding has also been reported in Tecumseh. Additional damage has been reported to structures, powerlines, and trees. Pottawatomie County Emergency Management reports damage to trees and powerlines north of St. Travel is highly discouraged!! #okwx /ugAMl2rbaT A Flash Flood Emergency remains in effect for Okmulgee County through 4:45 AM. According to the National Weather Service, anywhere from four to nine inches of rain fell across the county causing life-threatening flooding. This early-season flooding event adds up to multiple layers of vulnerability (dry conditions, deteriorating security, reduced access to basic necessities, etc.) and is expected to further exacerbate the food security situation in Haiti in the coming months.GREEN COUNTRY - Oklahoma Department of Transportation is advising drivers to avoid unnecessary travel due to flooding early Thursday morning.Ī flash flood emergency was in effect in Okmulgee County until 4:45 a.m. Reduced volume and availability of local agricultural commodities were already observed at the end of May 2023, and dreaded for the rest of the year in Haiti. However, due to prolonged and accumulated dry conditions in March-April 2023, and an abnormal delay in the onset of the rains, not only the off-season production levels were abnormally low, but also the land preparation and planting phase of the main agricultural season was altered. Besides, given the current increased prices of imported goods, national agricultural production is more than ever eagerly-awaited. The livelihoods of many Haitian households are closely related to agriculture. 2) highlights the most vulnerable areas.įrom that map were derived the estimations of flooded hectares.ĪNTICIPATING AN AGGRAVATED FOOD SECURITY SITUATION Satellite imagery shows that the most affected areas are the West, South-East, Centre and North-West départements. Such amounts of rainfall early June have left very large cultivated land areas flooded, at a critical timing in the agricultural calendar, thus very likely to cause important agricultural losses. It is also the start of the main season land preparation and planting phase. This analysis intends to provide evidence of the impacts of this flooding event on agricultural land areas across the country, as detected from satellite imagery datasets, and to highlight the most vulnerable communes in that sense.Įarly June marks the end of the planting phase and the beginning of the growing one for the spring season. Livelihoods were also considerably impacted, more specifically agriculture. Most of the main rivers of the country flooded, causing additional scattered disasters (landslides, shipwrecks, etc.), and causing consequently huge damage to infrastructures (many road portions were unusable, enormous loss of goods in urban areas, etc.). The number of families who have suffered damage has been estimated to 46,118 (as of 6 June), including at least 51 fatalities and 12,646 displaced people (source : DGPC, see Map 2). Map 1 shows the intensity level of rainfall by commune on 3 June 2023. Two days after the start of the 2023 cyclonic season, on June 3rd, the levels of rainfall intensified after several days of precipitations, causing heavy flooding across Haiti.
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