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A farmer drives his tractor past a flooded corn field near Yazoo City, Miss. on Saturday, May 21. Floodwaters from the Yazoo River continue to get deeper near Yazoo City, Miss. even as the Mississippi River is slowly falling, since it is still so high that water is backing up into its tributaries, especially the Yazoo River.

Waters continue to rise in Yazoo River

By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

I hope crop insurance is available in a floodplain.

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