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Mississippi city faces challenging road to rebuild

14 April 2023
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2023-04-14 16:03

A tornado that carved a path of destruction through the Mississippi Delta last month destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses and killed 13 people in Rolling Fork. The small city has a proud history, claiming blues legend Muddy Waters as a native son and a role in the invention of the teddy bear.

But it sits in one of the country's poorest regions, and many wonder whether their small-town bonds and shared heritage will be enough to convince one another to stay. Those intending to remain hope for a reborn Rolling Fork with more jobs and better infrastructure.But high inflation, rising interest rates and doubts about how aid will be spent pose challenges to the rebuilding effort.

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