More deaths confirmed due to weather related impacts in Mississippi

MEMA continues to share updates of the winter weather event impacting residents in North Mississippi.

Additional deaths have been reported, bringing the statewide total to 28.

Residents who suffered storm damage are asked to document their damage. MEMA is requesting that residents self-report the damage through the self-report tool on their website.

Counties continue to conduct damage assessments as agencies carry out storm response efforts. MEMA has received reports from 51 counties reporting 438 homes, 30 businesses, and 23 farms have been damaged or destroyed.

Power restoration efforts continue, but the total of Mississippians without power has gone down to 27,500.