Ninety-one-year-old Angela Walker looks out at her neighbors damaged property after Friday’s flood in Crosby. “ I hate this for the people here,” Walker said. “We will make it somehow, by the good Lord we will make it.” Walker is one of the oldest residents in the town. She has raised all of her children in Crosby and lives in the house her husband built for her before he died. “He built this house for me. I’m not leaving, this is my home,” she said. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Angela Walker and Kenneth Walker, 5, speak with Catrina Gordon after packing up to leave their apartment to stay with Angela’s aunt in Gloster after residents were told they would have to leave. For the past five years, Walker has lived in the apartments. “It’s just all happening so fast, you don’t have time to think,” Walker said. “We need somewhere to stay local so our kids can go to school, and we don’t have to uproot everything.” (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Kevin Slack, 6, leaves his grandmother’s residence Monday after his family was told they would have to leave their Crosby apartment following Friday’s flood. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Kevineaha Bonds, 12, tickles Janylah Wilson, 2, while Kevihanna Bonds, 7, braids her hair outside of Crosby Shelter Apartments Monday in Crosby. Wilson’s grandmother, Shirley Hall, said one of her main concerns of going to the shelter was having her grandchildren fall behind in school. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Angela Walker, 91, talks about why she wants to stay in Crosby even after the flooding that occured Friday. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Angela Walker looks through her phone in her apartment to find a video she took of the flooding that occurred Friday in Crosby. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Shirley Hall begins to weep as she packs up her belongings after residents at Crosby Shelter Apartments were told they would have to leave because of flood damage. “I’ve been crying all day,” Hall said. “We have nowhere to go and nowhere to stay.” She said she has been in Crosby all her life and this is the only place for her. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Shirley Hall sits in her living room while she talks on the phone and watches her grandchildren before packing up to leave her apartment building Monday in Crosby. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Markaiden Robinson, 3, looks outside the school bus window while neighbors wave goodbye before being transported to the Natchez storm shelter Monday in Crosby. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)