HATTIESBURG, Miss. — As the Leaf River rose north of Hattiesburg, 26-year-old Rebecca Bruce and her fianc? grabbed what they could and left the shed where they live. The water was more than 2 feet deep indoors when they left, she said.
“We lost everything,” Bruce said Saturday. “I’ve got a book bag full of dirty clothes, and I was lucky to get that.”
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