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YAZOO CITY, Miss. -- The flooded Mississippi River is creating major problems for a Yazoo City cemetery. High water forced three caskets to float out of the ground on Thursday at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. "I have a mother there; I have a sister buried there," said church deacon Gregg...

A tornado touched down in Yazoo County, Mississippi, on Monday night, causing damage to a downtown Yazoo City courthouse and tossing widespread debris in the area, officials said. The twister touched down around 8:05 p.m., according to the National Weather Service's Jackson, Mississippi...