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Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital

by Associated Press
| February 17, 2020 1:30 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, 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.

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