JACKSON, MISS– The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Pearl says 19 counties have confirmed damage from Monday’s destructive storms.
Here’s what happened in each of those counties:
- Amite: Homes and agricultural structures damaged, trees down and power outages.
- Claiborne: Trees down and power outages.
- Clarke: Numerous trees down.
- Copiah: Trees and power outages.
- Covington: Home damaged, trees down.
- Forrest: Trees down and power outages.
- Franklin: Mobile home destroyed, another home damaged, trees down and power outages.
- Hinds: Trees down and power outages.
- Jasper: Home damaged, trees and power lines down.
- Jefferson: Trees down and power outages.
- Jones: Homes damaged by falling limbs, trees and power lines down.
- Leake: Homes and agricultural buildings damaged, numerous trees down.
- Lauderdale: Mobile home damaged, trees down and power outages.
- Lincoln: Mobile home destroyed with minor injuries near Loyd Star. Wesson High School damaged, school was in session but no injuries reported, trees and power lines down.
- Newton: Trees down and power outages.
- Simpson: Trees down and power outages.
- Smith: One home and one business destroyed, One home and business damaged, trees and power lines down near Sylvarena.
- Walthall: One home and mobile home destroyed other homes and a church damaged. Trees and powerlines down.
- Winston: Trees and power lines down.
Crews are still working to assess the damage. These numbers may be updated. News Mississippi will adjust these numbers as more changes are reported.
