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After arriving in March in Demopolis, Ala., on the Tombigbee River, he remained there for a month because of tornadoes and flooding.

Moderate flooding was also occurring in some spots on the Tombigbee River and on the Mobile River at Barry Steam Plant.

On the Tombigbee River, homes were surrounded by muddy floodwaters at Columbus.

News outlets reported that the plant will be located on the Tombigbee River so pellets can be loaded into barges and shipped to the main state port in Mobile.

The Department of Agriculture is providing the money in grants and loans to Tombigbee Communications, which serves much of Alabama northwest of Birmingham.