Poor taking brunt of Mississippi's bulge - Weather - msnbc.com: "RENA LARA, Mississippi — Floodwaters from the bloated Mississippi River and its tributaries are having their biggest impact on those with the least. Levees have protected urban areas but not smaller, and usually poorer, communities from the Delta area down into Louisiana.
People used boats to navigate flooded streets as the crest rolled slowly downstream, bringing misery to poor, low-lying communities. Hundreds have left their homes in the Delta in the past several days as the water rose toward some of the highest levels on record."
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