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Chickasawhay
noun
- a river in SE Mississippi, flowing S to the Pascagoula River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
Example Sentences
In Mississippi, some minor flooding was occuring along the Chickasawhay, Pascagoula and Leaf rivers.
“I’ve been on the Chickasawhay for seven days and six nights and never saw another person,” May said.
Storms extended from southern Louisiana to northeastern Georgia, but Richardson said he was encouraged by occasional sunshine and revised projections that showed the Chickasawhay cresting lower than expected by mid-week.
Swollen by heavy rains and flowing quickly, the Chickasawhay River was out of its banks near the southeastern Mississippi town of Leakesville and nearly 9 feet above flood level with the water still rising.
WDAM-TV reports the former Mississippi 42 bridge fell into the Chickasawhay River on Thursday.
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