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Mississippi residents brace for flood as river reaches crest

Sonya Walton, 57, was moving all of her possessions out of her North Canton Circle rental home Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Walton is disabled and wheelchair bound. When the flood warnings first arrived, she wondered whether family members would be able to reach her. Her son and a family friend were helping her pack Monday. She does not know where she will sleep Monday evening. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Rocky Shack, an outreach pastor with Christ United Church, checks in with residents of Jackson's North Canton Club Circle neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Shack said the church was looking for residents in need of assistance as floodwaters filled some streets in the neighborhood. Location: Jackson, Miss Photographer: (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A serene river scene masks the underwater road along Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered parts of the road. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents lined their doors and garages with sandbags to block the water in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Officials said they deployed 126,000 sandbags act as water barriers. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A gaggle of geese took advantage of the receding Pearl River flood waters to feast on small fish and worms deposited on athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Flood water from the Pearl River covered the parking lot at the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics Complex on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered streets in areas near the river or one of its back flow tributaries that flooded some homes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Debris laden flood waters surround this mailbox in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sedan rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, checks flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, uses a special yardstick to check flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, were advised to evacuate from impending floodwaters. Some moved out all of their possessions in U-Haul trucks or cars. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Floodwaters covered the streets in some parts of the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as they check water levels. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Sonya Walton, 57, was moving all of her possessions out of her North Canton Circle rental home Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Walton is disabled and wheelchair bound. When the flood warnings first arrived, she wondered whether family members would be able to reach her. Her son and a family friend were helping her pack Monday. She does not know where she will sleep Monday evening. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Rocky Shack, an outreach pastor with Christ United Church, checks in with residents of Jackson's North Canton Club Circle neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Shack said the church was looking for residents in need of assistance as floodwaters filled some streets in the neighborhood. Location: Jackson, Miss Photographer: (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A serene river scene masks the underwater road along Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered parts of the road. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents lined their doors and garages with sandbags to block the water in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Officials said they deployed 126,000 sandbags act as water barriers. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A gaggle of geese took advantage of the receding Pearl River flood waters to feast on small fish and worms deposited on athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Flood water from the Pearl River covered the parking lot at the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics Complex on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered streets in areas near the river or one of its back flow tributaries that flooded some homes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Debris laden flood waters surround this mailbox in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sedan rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, checks flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, uses a special yardstick to check flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, were advised to evacuate from impending floodwaters. Some moved out all of their possessions in U-Haul trucks or cars. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Floodwaters covered the streets in some parts of the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as they check water levels. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Sonya Walton, 57, was moving all of her possessions out of her North Canton Circle rental home Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Walton is disabled and wheelchair bound. When the flood warnings first arrived, she wondered whether family members would be able to reach her. Her son and a family friend were helping her pack Monday. She does not know where she will sleep Monday evening. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Rocky Shack, an outreach pastor with Christ United Church, checks in with residents of Jackson's North Canton Club Circle neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Shack said the church was looking for residents in need of assistance as floodwaters filled some streets in the neighborhood. Location: Jackson, Miss Photographer: (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A serene river scene masks the underwater road along Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered parts of the road. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents lined their doors and garages with sandbags to block the water in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Officials said they deployed 126,000 sandbags act as water barriers. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A gaggle of geese took advantage of the receding Pearl River flood waters to feast on small fish and worms deposited on athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Flood water from the Pearl River covered the parking lot at the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics Complex on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered streets in areas near the river or one of its back flow tributaries that flooded some homes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Debris laden flood waters surround this mailbox in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sedan rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, checks flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, uses a special yardstick to check flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, were advised to evacuate from impending floodwaters. Some moved out all of their possessions in U-Haul trucks or cars. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Floodwaters covered the streets in some parts of the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as they check water levels. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Sonya Walton, 57, was moving all of her possessions out of her North Canton Circle rental home Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. Walton is disabled and wheelchair bound. When the flood warnings first arrived, she wondered whether family members would be able to reach her. Her son and a family friend were helping her pack Monday. She does not know where she will sleep Monday evening. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Rocky Shack, an outreach pastor with Christ United Church, checks in with residents of Jackson's North Canton Club Circle neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Shack said the church was looking for residents in need of assistance as floodwaters filled some streets in the neighborhood. Location: Jackson, Miss Photographer: (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A serene river scene masks the underwater road along Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered parts of the road. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents lined their doors and garages with sandbags to block the water in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Officials said they deployed 126,000 sandbags act as water barriers. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) A gaggle of geese took advantage of the receding Pearl River flood waters to feast on small fish and worms deposited on athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Flood water from the Pearl River covered the parking lot at the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics Complex on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Although the waters were receding during the day, a couple of feet of water still covered streets in areas near the river or one of its back flow tributaries that flooded some homes. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Debris laden flood waters surround this mailbox in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sedan rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, checks flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, uses a special yardstick to check flood levels in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, were advised to evacuate from impending floodwaters. Some moved out all of their possessions in U-Haul trucks or cars. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Floodwaters covered the streets in some parts of the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, as they check water levels. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Debris laden flood waters surround this mailbox in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sedan rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) An SUV rests in flood waters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Flooding affected a number neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Area residents peer over the security gate on the lane to the flooded Madison County, Miss., side of the fishing/boat launch at the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway Recreation Area, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Madison County, Miss. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Waters released from the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway churn onto the Pearl River, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Rankin County, Miss. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Residents record the rising floodwaters on their cellphones in a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in anticipation of expected severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier in mid-Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Reservoir police observe the water release from the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway onto the Pearl River, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Rankin County, Miss. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A homeowner keeps an eye on the floodwater's depth as he drives through a northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains earlier in the week in mid-Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A sand stockpile housed at a Mississippi Department of Public Works maintenance facility in Jackson, Miss., is seen Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said it has deployed 126,000 sandbags to act as water barriers in preparation for flooding. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Oscar Day, an inventory control worker at a sandbag distribution site, said Jackson residents started preparing their homes for potential flood damage earlier than in years past, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has deployed 126,000 sandbags to act as water barriers in preparation for flooding. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg) Flood waters rise in a Madison County, Miss., mobile home community, near the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The community, which was severely flooded in 2020, is expected to see severe flooding from the increased release of the accumulated water from heavy rains earlier this week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) A homeowner rushes through rising floodwaters in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Veronique Daniels, left, speaks to Red Cross volunteers at a temporary shelter for people displaced by central Mississippi flooding, in Jackson, Miss, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. Daniels has been homeless for three months and three weeks. She had been sleeping on her mother's back porch when residents in the neighborhood were advised to evacuate. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)
Mississippi residents brace for flood as river reaches crest