多日大雨,密西西比州的多年失修的一个大坝可能会立即垮掉,百姓要求撤离 (多图)

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Aerial footage shows county emergency workers trying to relieve water pressure from the dam. Water got between the dam and the ground beneath it, compromising the structure's integrity according to engineer Clyde Pritchard

 

An aerial view of the dam pictured above. If the dam does break, it will flood 17,400 acres of nearby land and affect some 250 locals in at least 112 households

 

Severe storms have swept across the South, bringing severe flooding. The swollen Yazoo River in Mississippi pictured on Saturday

 

Some drivers in Jackson, Mississippi were left completely stranded on Tuesday as heavy floods inundated the region

 

A woman sits stranded in her Dodge Charger on a flooded street in West Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday