Mississippi storms lead to flooding and university closure

Severe storms that struck the US state of Mississippi over the
weekend have resulted in minor flooding and the closure of William
Carey University, a Baptist institution south of downtown
Hattiesburg.
Sister title Inside FAC reported that
college officials had closed the campus where 3,200 students study
and 800 students live and were not sure when it would reopen.
More than 1,100 homes in the cities of Hattiesburg and Petal
were damaged or destroyed, state officials said this week.
Much...