Mississippi flooding forces evacuations, including at assisted living facility

Rain is still falling. Flood watches remain in effect across the Gulf Coast.

ByEmily Shapiro
August 25, 2022, 2:15 PM

Torrential rain has been pounding Mississippi, sparking flooding and forcing evacuations from an assisted living home and a day care.

Dozens of seniors were evacuated Wednesday from the Peach Tree Village assisted living facility in Brandon, Mississippi, just outside of Jackson, after fast-moving waters rose halfway up the doors, officials said. Firefighters pulled residents to safety by using ropes to cross the waist-deep waters.

PHOTO: 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, Aug. 24, 2022.
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, Aug. 24, 2022.
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PHOTO: Residents, relatives and staff collect and carry out possessions from the flooded Peach Tree Village nursing home in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 24, 2022.
Residents, relatives and staff collect and carry out possessions from the flooded Peach Tree Village nursing home in Brandon, Miss., Aug. 24, 2022.
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Several towns saw 5 to 10 inches of rainfall.

Just east of Jackson, residents saw a whopping 13.42 inches of rain on Wednesday.

PHOTO: A building is submerged amid flooding in Canton, Miss., Aug. 24, 2022.
A building is submerged amid flooding in Canton, Miss., Aug. 24, 2022.
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PHOTO: Flood waters in Richland, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Aug. 24, 2022.
Flood waters in Richland, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains, Aug. 24, 2022.
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Flood watches remain in effect across the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida.

Some of the heaviest rain Thursday afternoon is moving into southern Mississippi, Mobile and Pensacola, where rainfall rates are climbing to 2 to 3 inches per hour. That rain is hitting some spots that were already drenched by 6 inches of rain on Wednesday.

ABC News' Daniel Amarante and Melissa Griffin contributed to this report.

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