Severe Weather Threatens Gulf Coast: Levee Breaks and Evacuations Imminent

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A Mississippi sheriff has urgently called for the evacuation of a Yazoo County neighborhood due to the imminent threat of a levee breaking and causing flooding amid severe weather. The region has been experiencing damaging wind, hail, and tornado threats as part of a larger storm system moving east from Texas. Flash flood warnings and watches are in effect for the area, with many residents already without power. The storm system is expected to bring rain to the northeast and Midwest throughout the week.
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- ‘The levee is about to break’: Yazoo County subdivision asked to evacuate immediately WLBT
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