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Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) —
The swollen Pearl River ap-
peared to have crested
Monday in Mississippi's cap-
ital, but authorities warned
the hundreds of evacuees
in the Jackson area not to
rush back home until they
got the all clear, and a
forecast of more rain put
counties further south at
risk of flooding.
No injuries were reported
from the major flooding
in central Mississippi and
southern Tennessee. But as
the high water recedes, of-
ficials expect to find dam-
aged roads and problems
with water and sewage
pipes. In Savannah, Ten-
nessee, two houses slid
down a muddy bluff into
the Tennessee River, al-
though its residents had Water from the Pearl River floods Florence-Byram Road near Byram, Miss, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Authorities believe the flooding
fled earlier. will rank as third highest, behind the historic floods of 1979 and 1983.
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