The Mississippi River in the south of the United States stopped and turned on in the opposite direction, the hydrologist of the Geological Service of the United States Scott Perched, named this phenomenon is extremely unusual. The hydrologist explained his strong wind of Hurricane “Ida” and a storm tide in the Gulf of Mexico, where Mississippi falls.
“The course of the river slowed down from about two feet per second to half a bed per second in the opposite direction,” said Perched, noting that he observed a change in the flow direction 16 years ago – under Hurrane “Katrina”, which was killed 1, 8 thousand people, reports “Kommersant”.
Hurricane “Ida” fell on Louisiana on the eve. By evening, he weakened to the third category of five possible. The state remains “catastrophic conditions”. In Louisiana, the threat of flooding is declared, more than 900 thousand people remain without electricity.