Storm damage to Starkville apartment complex. (Photo credit: Oktibbeha County Fire Coordinator Patrick Warner)
This part of central Mississippi appears to have escaped the worst of the damage after storms, some of them possibly tornadoes, rolled across the area Saturday night. Multiple tornado warnings were issued. Among the early damage reports, in Philadelphia, a gas station’s canopy was damaged. Property damage was also reported near Lena. Trees were damaged northeast of Dixon and north of Barnes.
Power was knocked out to more than 8,000 customers in Attala, Leake, Neshoba and Holmes counties. But as of 5:30 am Sunday, the number of outages had been reduced to 847 in Attala, 933 in Leake, 148 in Neshoba and 506 in Holmes. (Source: poweroutage.us)
A Natchez teenager was killed when a tree fell on a house. Two others in the house were injured. And two storm-related injuries have been reported in Franklin County.
