PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on December 28, 2024. Two deaths (Adams County and Lowndes County) and 10 injuries (Adams County (2), Franklin County (2), Simpson County (2), and Wayne County (4)) have been reported to MEMA. Damage assessments are ongoing. Twenty counties are reporting damage from the storms. Residents in need of assistance can call their county emergency management office.
The following is PRELIMINARY and will change through the assessment process. The following counties have reported they have received storm damage:
- Adams – 17 homes, 1 death
- Clay – 28 homes
- Jackson – 10 homes, 1 business
- Leake – 1 home
- Lowndes – 1 death
- Oktibbeha – 6 homes, 19 apartments, 5 businesses
- Perry – 1 home
- Smith – 9 homes, 3 farms
- Rankin – 11 homes, 3 apartments
- Warren – 1 home
- Wayne – 33 homes, 1 business, 1 farm
- Wilkinson – 2 homes, 1 apartment
- Yazoo – 8 homes, 2 farms
The following counties have reported they have received storm damage but have not given specific numbers to MEMA.
- Amite, Copiah, Clarke, Desoto, Franklin, Lincoln, and Simpson
MEMA encourages residents who’ve sustained damage from this severe weather event to do the following:
- File an insurance claim.
- Take photos of the damage to the home.
- Report damage to county/MEMA via the self-report tool.
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