Engineer Recommends Draining Mississippi Lake as Pressure Increases on Imperiled Dam
At a Glance Heavy rains have raised water levels in the Oktibbeha County Lake, near Starkville, Mississippi.County officials have asked residents living near the dam to leave their homes.A local emergency is expected to be declared in nearby Clay County. An engineer recommended Thursday that Mississippi's Oktibbeha County Lake be drained to relieve pressure on a dam that still is in danger of collapsing. County engineer Clyde Pritchard on Thursday morning, according to Brad Robertson, a reporter for the ....