Photos: Floods put Mississippi capital in 'precarious situation'
The swollen Pearl River appeared to crest in Mississippi’s capital, Jackson, but more rain was forecast. It's a “precarious situation,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.
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Dale Frazier, left, and his neighbors John and Jina Smith paddle across Pearl River floodwater to their Flowood, Miss., homes, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Because Frazier's home is slightly elevated, he was hoping no water would enter after the Pearl River rose precipitously after days of torrential rain. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Blaine Henderson, right, reaches to tag a mailbox as he and his friend Jonah Valdez, both 12, play in Pearl River floodwaters in a Jackson, Miss., neighborhood, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Abandoned vehicles are partially submerged in floodwater from the Pearl River in northeast Jackson, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A house address sign floats as water from the Pearl River floods a Jackson, Miss., neighborhood Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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An American flag stands next to a pile of sandbags at a northeast Jackson, Miss., home, beset by floodwaters from the Pearl River Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Marcus Morris steadies the boat as his neighbor Chris Sharp readies the trolling motor for another trip through a flooded neighborhood in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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This northeast Jackson, Miss., homeowner surrounded his doorway with sandbags in an effort to keep the Pearl River from flooding the house, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Authorities believe the flooding will rank as the third highest, behind the historic floods of 1979 and 1983. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Water from the Pearl River floods a northeast Jackson, Miss., home and car, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Jackson, Miss., homeowners use shovels to work their way through Pearl River floodwater in this Jackson, Miss., neighborhood Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Chris Sharp studies the water damage from the Pearl River that floods his neighborhood in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Water from the Pearl River enters this northeast Jackson, Miss., home, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A mailbox stands above the Pearl River floodwater in this northeast Jackson, Miss., neighborhood Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Marcus Morris inspects his girlfriend's house in Jackson, Miss., as Pearl River flood water is reflected on the living room floor, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Residents of Jackson braced for the possibility of catastrophic flooding in and around the Mississippi capital as the Pearl River rose precipitously after days of torrential rain. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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An American flag stands above the floodwaters from the Pearl River in northeast Jackson, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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John and Jina Smith paddle away from their Flowood, Miss., home, as Pearl River floodwaters enter their house, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. The Smiths estimate they had at least a foot and a half of water inside. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)