By rssfeeds-admin Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) teams are in the field validating damage numbers as counties work to continue damage assessments.
MEMA has received reports of 831 homes, 37 businesses, and 20 farms damaged statewide. Of the 831 homes damaged, 131 were destroyed and 166 received major damage. Power restoration continues with only 581 outages reported statewide as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 19.
You can find the locations, contact information, item pick-up locations, and current needs on the MEMA website.
The MSU Extension service has deployed Agriculture Damage Assessment Teams. Mississippi Highway Patrol Troopers are deployed to Jefferson Davis and Walthall Counties to patrol and help prevent looting.
The following counties have submitted official damage reports to MEMA:
- Calhoun – 3 homes, 2 roads, 1 bridge
- Carroll – 4 homes, 1 business, 1 farm, 10 roads
- Chickasaw
- Covington – 1 death
- Forrest
- George
- Grenada – 45 homes, 7 businesses, 1 road, 1 public building
- Holmes
- Humphreys – 1 home, 2 farms
- Issaquena
- Itawamba – 30 homes, 3 businesses, 3 public buildings
- Jasper – 17 homes, 1 business, 1 road
- Jefferson Davis – 82 homes, 4 farms, 2 deaths
- Lee – 4 homes, 2 roads
- Leflore – 314 homes, 6 businesses, 1 farm, 1 public building
- Marion – 45 homes, 5 businesses, 5 farms
- Montgomery – 8 homes, 5 businesses
- Pike – 23 homes
- Prentiss – 44 roads
- Sharkey – 2 homes, 1 farm
- Smith – 70 homes, 8 businesses
- Sunflower – 1 home, 1 business
- Tishomingo – 9 roads
- Walthall – 182 homes, 6 farms, 4 deaths
If citizens have immediate unmet needs, they are encouraged to contact their county emergency management agency. A list of those county contacts can be found online.
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