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The panel met to discuss to ongoing flooding in the South Mississippi Delta region, a problem Gipson says should be solved with the finishing of the pumps. On Wednesday, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson addressed a panel of elected and federal officials who met to discuss flood
Resilienty. and we got to make sure we do the same thing across the board. think about how that 760 million west shore project here in southern louisiana will build miles of new levees, pumping stations and drainage structures to provide protection for 60,000 folks in the area. it will change their lives in future storms. the governor has my full support to get this project done. and, folks, i know you're hurting. i know you're hurting. i know the folks in lake charles who i visited earlier this year are still hurting from hurricane laura. i want you to know we're going to be here for you. and...
West shore project here in southern louisiana will build miles of new levies, pumping stations and drainage structures to provide for protection for 60,000 folks in the area. it will change their lives in future storms. i told the governor that he has my full support, and i mean this sincerely, my full support to get this project done. folks, i know you are hurting. i know you are hurting. i know the folks in lake charles who i visited earlier this year are still hurting from hurricane laura. i want you to know we're going to be here for you. and with regard to lake charles, i put in a request...
That going? >> well, right now, we're still wrapping up search and rescue and we have a large number of people unaccounted for. we don't know whether we haven't had connections or whether they're actually part of the debris field that extends nearly six miles through the heart of our city and once that effort is complete we can begin more massi massive debris cleanup. >> where do you start when you look at the debris field. we've seen tornados before and it's maybe one or two neighborhoods, but this goes for five or six miles just through tuscaloosa. >> it's 5.9 miles, a half mile to a mile wi...