JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the state of Mississippi continues to work with county, state, federal, and private sector partners to respond to the severe winter weather impacting the state. Sadly, two additional deaths have been reported. One in Alcorn County and one in Leflore County. This brings the total to four statewide. Two injuries have also been confirmed.
Counties continue to conduct damage assessments. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has received reports of 92 homes, 3 businesses, and 7 farms damaged statewide. Those numbers are expected to rise as damage assessments continue over the coming days.
Power restoration efforts continue with approximately 143,700 outages reported statewide. The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) continues to clear roads. MEMA continues to fill requests from 37 different counties for generators, tarps, MREs (Meals Ready-To-Eat), bottled water, cots, blankets, and fuel. Governor Tate Reeves has activated the Mississippi National Guard to help transport supplies to counties. FEMA is delivering 11 truckloads of supplies to Mississippi, and is also deploying a 90-person chainsaw team to North Mississippi.
The American Red Cross is providing shelter support. Pinelake Church and Convoy of Hope are assisting with supplies in warming shelters. Lowe’s filled a request for shovels and brooms. The Mississippi Trucking Association assisted in finding a company with box trucks to assist with moving supplies. For private businesses that would like to help, please contact MEMA’s Business Emergency Operations Center (MSBEOC). A link to register can be found here.
For citizens who want to help, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) is collecting bottled water, nonperishable food items, can openers, baby diapers and formula, propane cook stoves and propane bottles, and basic essential paper products to be delivered to North Mississippi. Donations can be dropped off at the Old Armory at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds this week, January 27-30, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MEMA is coordinating with MDAC to ensure the assistance reaches those in need.
Mississippians in affected areas are encouraged to stay home, stay off the roads, and stay warm. Residents who need to warm up may seek shelter at a county or city-run warming center in their area. A list of those centers can be found here.
Travel remains dangerous in many areas. As of 8:30 a.m., ice is still reported on roads and bridges in 37 counties. MEMA encourages people to stay off of the roads if possible and only travel in areas affected by winter weather if absolutely necessary. For more information on road conditions, go to MDOTtraffic | Powered by MDOT.
The following 48 counties and the MS Band of Choctaw Indians have submitted official damage reports to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Damages reported range from affected to destroyed. The following is PRELIMINARY and will change through the assessment process:
- Adams
- Alcorn – 1 death
- Attala
- Bolivar – 1 home, 1 business, 1 farm
- Calhoun
- Carroll – 11 homes
- Chickasaw
- Choctaw
- Claiborne
- Clarke
- Clay
- Coahoma
- Desoto
- Grenada
- Hinds – 4 homes, 1 death, 1 injury
- Holmes
- Humphreys
- Itawamba
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Leake
- Leflore - 1 death
- Lowndes
- Marshall
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- MS Band of Choctaw Indians
- Newton
- Oktibbeha – 1 home, 1 business
- Panola – 4 homes, 1 business, 6 farms
- Pontotoc
- Prentiss
- Quitman
- Rankin
- Smith – 1 injury
- Sharkey
- Sunflower – 2 homes
- Tallahatchie
- Tate
- Tippah
- Tishomingo – 14 homes, 1 death
- Tunica
- Union
- Warren – 6 homes
- Washington
- Webster
- Wilkinson
- Yalobusha – 7 homes
- Yazoo – 42 homes
MEMA encourages residents who’ve sustained damage from this winter weather event to do the following:
- File an insurance claim.
- Take photos of the damage to the home.
- Report damage to their county/MEMA via the self-report tool.
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