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PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Jackson County authorities say roughly 40 county and back roads were closed overnight due to flooding from Tropical Storm Ida.
Ken Flanagan, a county spokesman, said no major roads were closed.
Flanagan said there was no damage to any homes reported as of early Tuesday morning, but at least 5 people stayed in the county's one shelter.
He said Jackson County got about 3 inches of rain since 11 a.m. Monday. Maximum winds were clocked at 40 mph.
Authorities said the storm was pretty much over and water was already receding from about two dozen local roads that had flooded.
"We fared well," said Jackson County Emergency Operations Director Donald Langham, who added there were no reports of homes damaged.
Patrick Keene 71, and his wife, Kathie, live in a doublewide trailer in the shadow the beachfront home in Pascagoula that they are rebuilding four years after Hurricane Katrina.
While his wife retreated to their son's home across the state Monday night, Keene and his dog rode out the storm in the trailer.
"It's been worse. We get summer squalls frequently that are as bad as this one," Keene said Tuesday.
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