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JACKSON, Mississippi(AP) — Trees tumbled and some buildings were damaged Monday, but few injuries were reported as a strong cold front pushed a line of thunderstorms across Mississippi. Starkville, where a sharp, brief storm hit just after 5 p.m., was among the hardest-hit locations. “There is a potential it could have been a microburst,” said […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A line of thunderstorms continues to move east along the U.S. Highway 82 corridor in northern Mississippi bringing with it high winds and heavy rain. Mike Edmonston with the National Weather Service in Jackson says the storms will continue Monday to produce heavy downpours, hail and strong winds. Edmonston says the […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s share of recovery costs after the deadly April 28 tornadoes. The governor said Tuesday that lawmakers will be asked to provide up to $20 million for disaster response and recovery costs through the […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least nine tornadoes struck Mississippi on Monday, including an EF-4 or stronger in Louisville and EF-3 tornadoes in Tupelo and Richland, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Six of the eight in central Mississippi were confirmed by radar signatures for debris but had not been checked by ground crews, said […]
WAYNESBORO, Mississippi (AP) — The National Weather Service says 10 people were injured when a possible tornado or straight line winds moved over Wayne County in southeast Mississippi. Meteorologist John Purdy in Mobile, Ala., says four people were injured Monday night when a car struck a downed tree on Highway 45 south of Waynesboro. He […]
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi (AP) — An approaching cold front will trigger some overnight thunderstorms that will linger through Friday, according to the National Weather Service forecast. There is an 80 percent chance of rain early Friday morning, mainly after 1 a.m. A 70 percent chance of thunderstorms is in the forecast until about 11 a.m. then […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — At least one eastbound lane of the Mississippi River bridge on Interstate 20 at Vicksburg, Miss., has reopened. Louisiana State Trooper Albert Paxton says the other lanes should be cleared for traffic soon as cleanup continues following a chain reaction crash early Wednesday. An 18-wheeler skidded on the ice and crashed […]
(AP) Mississippi residents in central and parts of south Mississippi could see light snowfall on Thursday. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that areas along and south of Interstate 20, down to the U.S. Highway 98 corridor, could see snowflakes with up to an inch of accumulation. Areas north of I-20 could see snow flurries […]