Faces of the Floods is a series by The Vicksburg Post that tells the stories of people impacted by catastrophic floods in the Yazoo Backwater area.

Cary resident Alfred Thomas Sr. has waded in the floodwaters of the South Mississippi Delta his whole life, just as his father did before him and his grandfather before that.

But on Aug. 24, Thomas took up the mantle of his fellow South Delta residents and shared his concerns with a delegation from Washington, D.C. invited to the area by Sen. Roger Wicker and Rep. Bennie Thompson. As far as he's seen, Thomas said, he and his neighbors are expendable to the federal government.

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Voices of the FloodsBy The Vicksburg PostSep 21, 2022