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Flash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot

A view of the Biloxi River from a bridge on Three Rivers Road, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Harrison County, Miss. Water covers the banks and trunks of trees as the water level rises. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)

The waterfront neighborhood on River Road off of Three Rivers Road in Biloxi, Miss., has flood waters from the rising Biloxi River on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. The river is expected to crest at 14.5 feet on Friday morning. The flood height for the Biloxi River is 12 feet. (Justin Mitchell/The Sun Herald via AP)

A workman's pickup truck splashes through flood waters in Richland, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Heavy rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tony Banks, 35, stands outside his apartment in Flowood, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. His apartment complex, the Laurel Park Apartments, flooded Wednesday as a water overflowed from a nearby creek. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Joy Lester, 60, was alone in her store Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 cleaning up after flood water poured into the building Wednesday afternoon. The owner of The Outlet Store in Pearl, Miss, Lester says she will have to get rid of most of her merchandise, all of which is uninsured. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss, was flooded for the second time in four years Wednesday. Lead Pastor Bryant May spent the day Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 cleaning up the church's interior with volunteers after water poured into the building. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, about three inches of water streamed into The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, as flash floods pummeled the surrounding area. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss., was flooded Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, after rain water poured into the building. Flash floods pummeled central Mississippi after three consecutive days of rain. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

Pastor Bryant May, right, of The Exchange Church talks to staff and volunteers as they clean up the building after it flooded, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Pearl, Miss. The group spent most of Thursday salvaging furniture and setting up fans to dry the carpeting. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, rain water covered Bierdeman Road in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Ag. 24, 2022. Several buildings on the street were flooded, including an outlet store and a church. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

A workman's pickup truck splashes through flood waters in Richland, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Heavy rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tony Banks, 35, stands outside his apartment in Flowood, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. His apartment complex, the Laurel Park Apartments, flooded Wednesday as a water overflowed from a nearby creek. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Joy Lester, 60, was alone in her store Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 cleaning up after flood water poured into the building Wednesday afternoon. The owner of The Outlet Store in Pearl, Miss, Lester says she will have to get rid of most of her merchandise, all of which is uninsured. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss, was flooded for the second time in four years Wednesday. Lead Pastor Bryant May spent the day Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 cleaning up the church's interior with volunteers after water poured into the building. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, about three inches of water streamed into The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, as flash floods pummeled the surrounding area. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, The Exchange Church in Pearl, Miss., was flooded Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, after rain water poured into the building. Flash floods pummeled central Mississippi after three consecutive days of rain. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

Pastor Bryant May, right, of The Exchange Church talks to staff and volunteers as they clean up the building after it flooded, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Pearl, Miss. The group spent most of Thursday salvaging furniture and setting up fans to dry the carpeting. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

In this photo provided by Pastor Bryant May, rain water covered Bierdeman Road in Pearl, Miss., Wednesday, Ag. 24, 2022. Several buildings on the street were flooded, including an outlet store and a church. (Pastor Bryant May via AP)

Tony Banks, 35, stands outside his apartment in Flowood, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. His apartment complex, the Laurel Park Apartments, flooded Wednesday as a water overflowed from a nearby creek. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Tony Banks, 35, stands outside his apartment in Flowood, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. His apartment complex, the Laurel Park Apartments, flooded Wednesday as a water overflowed from a nearby creek. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Flooding from heavy rains that have plagued the region in recent days is seen near the capitol in downtown Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (Hannah Mattix/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Courtney Ingle looks around her grandmother's flooded bedroom at the Peach Tree Village nursing home, as she collects some of her possessions in Brandon, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Heavy rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Courtney Ingle loads some of her grandmother's possessions into her truck Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, after floodwaters had receded at the Peach Tree Village nursing home where she lives in Brandon, Miss. Heavy rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A resident's relative walks through the Peach Tree Village nursing home to collect family possessions from the flooded facility in Brandon, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Heavy rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

A mailbox stands in floodwaters from heavy rains that have plagued the region in recent days on Foxboro Drive in northeast Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Torrential rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state. (Hannah Mattix/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Flash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot