PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on March 11, 2026. There are reports of homes damaged, trees down, and power outages due to Wednesday’s storms. One death and three injuries in Lawrence County have been reported to MEMA. As of 9:30 AM Thursday, there are 40,300 reported power outages across the state, down from a high of over 48,000 during the peak of the storms.
The following is PRELIMINARY and will change through the assessment process. The following six counties have reported they have received some type of storm damage:
- Amite
- Lawrence – one death, three injuries
- Lincoln
- Smith
- Pike
- Walthall
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 the county/MEMA via the self-report tool.
- 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 here.
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