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At least 11 died in Mississippi. Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency Tuesday for Marion and Jones counties, along with other parts of the state affected by severe weather.
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Grenada County had 15 homes damaged and 100 roads closed to debris. "I had my son with me about 10 minutes after we left. Several roads were flooded and impassable, according to the NWS.
Rain and gusty winds continued through Sunday night and into Monday morning as Cristobal was downgraded to a tropical depression and moved north.A coastal flooding advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Tuesday.“Conditions will slowly improve along the Gulf Coast through Tuesday.
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Neither storm is expected to come near land before dissolving.Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. Two other bodies were pulled from damaged homes in Arkansas and South Carolina. Heavy downpours sent them running back to their cars.Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. "This is not how anyone wants to celebrate Easter Sunday.
Emergency officials said Monday morning at least 11 were dead. Mississippi storm damage: See aftermath in photos Skip to main content Michel said Ingalls Shipbuilding made it possible for the state’s hurricane guide to be translated into Vietnamese this year.Justin Mitchell is the southern regional growth editor for the Biloxi Sun Herald, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and Macon Telegraph. Yesterday's Storm Reports (20200811 1200 UTC - 20200812 1159 UTC) (Print Version) 200810 Reports 200812 Reports > Note: All Reports Are Considered Preliminary After the storms slammed Louisiana and Mississippi, they caused damage across Alabama and Georgia later Sunday evening and Monday morning, according to preliminary reports.
Officials will not know the full extent of the damage until they sort through debris in the coming days.
As many as 300 homes and structures were damaged in northern Louisiana alone, the Associated Press reported. Go to main menu. Coast Electric had power restored to all but 7 customers, and Mississippi Power was reporting 45 outages in the state and 192 customers without power.Crews from local public works and road departments were checking for downed trees while winds were still very gusty.“The sand beach took the brunt of this,” Lacy said, and crews were doing an assessment of the damage and planning the cleanup. KDGX – Super-Res Velocity Tilt 1 6:28 PM EDT Residents of the area were under order to take shelter from the storm as the two tornadic supercells followed on nearly identical paths through Southern Mississippi. There were also three confirmed deaths in Jefferson Davis County. Tornado alerts hit other parts of the South on Sunday as well, and continued to be issued Monday.
We continue to urge everyone to stay off of roads if you’re able.
Residents are advised to stay home, as there’s been major structural damage and major roads have been blocked off.Finding cars flipped on Interstate 59 west of Enterprise MS. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Sunday night. Another tornadic supercell is passing by close to the NW… Jefferson Davis County in south Mississippi was just hit by TWO catastrophic tornadoes.
The National Weather Service in Jackson reported it was sending three teams Monday to survey the damage. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Mississippi Storm Center, Oxford, Mississippi.
As of Monday morning, Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg treated 12 patients with storm-related injuries.
One victim was located in Walthall County while two deaths came in from Lawrence Country – the first two counties the tornados hit on April 12. According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, there have been seven reported deaths from the storms. Lawrence County authorities later identified the two fatalities as Robert Ainsworth, a Lawrence County sheriff's deputy, and is wife Paula Ainsworth. Amid the still-growing coronavirus pandemic, a series of tornadoes touched down Sunday and caused significant damage across Mississippi …
(WLBT) - The severe threat is now over after tornadoes ripped through Mississippi and Louisiana Monday, leaving homes destroyed and multiple people injured. To have this happen — this (store) was a dream of mine. At the intersection of Ocala Road and West Tennessee Street, cars were stuck and immobile after the road flooded, Florida Highway Patrol reported.Early Wednesday afternoon, the City of Tallahassee reported a tree fell on a transmission line in the city, causing a power outage to some 4,549 customers in the northern part of the city.The Leon County Sheriff's Office told The Weather Channel that several water rescues were conducted across the county. Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency Tuesday for Marion and Jones counties, along with other parts of the state affected by severe weather.At around 2:30 p.m. local time, strong circulation with a debris signature was spotted on radar moving toward the town of Columbia, in Marion County.The tornado damaged businesses, flipped cars and toppled power lines onto U.S. 98, closing the road for several hours.