Photo Gallery: Flood Update
Published 11:37 am Saturday, March 2, 2019
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A home along Chickasaw Road is seen on stilts above the rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
An abandoned home along in the Chickasaw subdivision is seen inundated in rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A basketball goal in the Chickasaw subdivision is seen inundated in rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A road sign and mailbox in the Chickasaw subdivision is seen inundated in rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
Sheriff Martin Pace and Detective Sam Winchester patrol the Chickasaw Subdivision by boat as the Mississippi River continues to rise on Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
Sheriff Martin Pace and Detective Sam Winchester patrol the Chickasaw Subdivision by boat as the Mississippi River continues to rise on Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A Vicksburg Warren County School Bus is travels along the backwater levee towards Eagle Lake Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A vehicle travels along Highway 61 North past flooded lands off of Highway 465 Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
Vehicles travel along Highway 61 North past flooded lands off of Highway 465 Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
Horses on the backwater levee feed in front of the backwater towards Eagle Lake Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
Sheriff Martin Pace patrols along the backwater levee towards Eagle Lake Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A vehicle passes across the Steele Bayou Flood Control Structure on the backwater levee Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A vehicle passes across the Steele Bayou Flood Control Structure on the backwater levee Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
A home in Chotard Landing Resort is stilts above the rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River Friday (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post)
About Courtland Wells
Courtland Wells is a staff photographer at The Vicksburg Post. He is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in Photojournalism. Following graduation, he started at The Vicksburg Post in the fall of 2016. Courtland has won numerous awards through the Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors and the Mississippi Press Association. His work has also been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post as well as other national publications. Courtland is a member of the Vicksburg Young Professionals.
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