Over 500 homes damaged and multiple injured during Saturday tornadoes
Over 500 homes were damaged and multiple people were injured as a result of the tornadoes and storms that hit Mississippi on Saturday.
According to MEMA:
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) received damage reports from 25 counties in response to the severe weather that impacted the state Saturday, January 11.
As of this afternoon, there are 9,169 power outages statewide, with the bulk of the outages coming in Bolivar, DeSoto, Sunflower, and Washington counties.
The following damage reports serve only as initial assessments from the county emergency management offices and can change (either higher or lower) as MEMA receives additional reports and assessments.
Initial damage reports by county (assessments ongoing):
Bolivar – 107 homes damaged, three roads damaged, four injured
Carrol – one home damaged, 10 roads damaged
Chickasaw – one home damaged, 10 roads damaged
Choctaw – 26 apartment units damaged, 10 roads closed due to debris, two closed due to flooding
Coahoma – two homes damaged
Copiah – one home damaged
DeSoto – 210 homes damaged, five roads closed
EF-1 tornado from Tate into DeSoto County
EF-2 tornado
Grenada – 10 homes damaged
Hinds – 13 homes damaged
Leflore – three homes damaged
Leake – 10 roads closed due to flooding
Lee – homes damaged, roads flooded
Marshall – five homes damaged, three roads closed, one injured
Monroe – one home damaged, 10 apartment units damaged, 15 roads closed
Oktibbeha – 30 roads closed and/or flooded
Panola – 50 homes damaged, 30 roads closed and/or flooded, one injury
Prentiss – 54 homes damaged, five apartments damaged
Quitman – eight homes damaged, four apartments damaged, one road closed
Sunflower – homes damaged, five roads closed, six injured
Tallahatchie – 30 homes damaged
Tate – four homes damaged
EF-1 tornado into DeSoto County
Tishomingo – three homes damaged, three roads closed
Tunica – four homes damaged, four businesses damaged, 17 farms damaged, two injured
Washington – 20 homes damaged, 50 apartments damaged, 10 roads closed, two injured
Webster – three homes damaged, 15 roads closed
Shelters open
Washington – Washington County Convention Center; 1040 S. Raceway Road, Greenville
State Assets/Resources Deployed
Bolivar
100 tarps
Nine pallets of water
Three area coordinators
Copiah
20 tarps
DeSoto
400 tarps
Disaster reservists (five teams of two)
Four pallets of water
MEMA debris specialist
Hinds
20,000 sandbags
Panola
Tarps
One pallet of water
Pike
One disaster reservist
Quitman
One Area Coordinator
One water pump
Two generators
Sunflower
One Area Coordinator
One generator
Tarps
Three pallets of water
Tallahatchie
50 tarps
One pallet of water
Warren
30,000 sandbags from United States Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
One drone to capture video footage for damage assessments
Webster
One Area Coordinator
The State Emergency Operations Center is activated and monitoring any requests or unmet needs from the county emergency management offices.
The public is encouraged to report damage to homes or businesses to their county emergency management office. A directory of all the offices is online at http://www.msema.org/county-ema/