{O/C} A persistent weather system is roaming the U.S. Gulf Coast as millions now face imminent floods.
This after flash floods mowed down buildings in Dallas, Mississippi and Texas over the past couple of days.
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A lingering weather system that's ploughing through the Gulf Coast drowned the U.S. state of Mississippi with incessant rains.
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Homes and businesses were largely submerged, with trains derailed.
Ailing nursing home residents were seen trekking through knee-deep waters to flee.
A bleak warning from the mayor of Jackson to those in precarious regions.
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CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi:
If we instruct you that you are in a risk area or a high-risk area, please heed that advice.
I think it is important that our residents prepare in advance.
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Earlier, flash floods inundated parts of Dallas, leaving vehicles marooned on the roads.
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ERIC JOHNSON, Mayor of Dallas:
This is the first time in ninety years that we've had this much rain in a 24-hour period.
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Dallas Flood-afflicted Resident:
Minutes. It was minutes. It took very little time.
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In Texas, floodwaters dragged a woman's car off the road.
And a state of emergency is now under way after floods, much like those over the years, devoured homes and businesses.
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GREG ABBOTT, Texas Governor:
We have more than one hundred homes being damaged or impacted in some way.
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So far, nearly five million in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana are under flood watch.
Back in Mississippi, children were plucked from a swamped daycare centre in Florence, south of Jackson.
Homes and businesses along the now overflowing Pearl River are completely under its tentacles.
While water levels are expected to crest by a few inches later this week, millions on the Gulf Coast remain on heightened alert as the weather system makes its way to the Florida Panhandle.
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