According to WLBT, a nurse from Tchula drowned when her car went over a flooded highway late Wednesday night.
The water moving across the highway pushed her car into a deep ditch.
WLBT reports that 43-year-old Shanika Newton was driving south on Highway 49S about 12 miles outside of Greenwood.
The LeFlore County Deputy Coroner Will Gnemi identified her.
The vehicle became submerged and she was unable to get out of the car.