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People Still Missing

A man loads possessions into a floating device into waters around his home in Jackson.
A man loads possessions into a floating device into waters around his home in Jackson. Photo: Leandro Lozada / AFP (Getty Images)

Lesia Watkins, who lives near Jackson, told the Washington Post that the water level, which reached up to her porch, was the highest she’d seen. She said she had multiple friends who she hadn’t been able to get in touch with since the floods started the day before.