More than 200 employees and passengers at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport were evacuated this morning for about two hours after an email threat was received. Chaille Munn, spokesperson for the airport,…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number, the state insurance department announced Tuesday. The…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue rising rapidly in Mississippi as new cases proliferate. The state Health Department reported Monday that 695 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were hospitalized Sunday. That is up from 265 hospitalized two weeks earlier, on Dec.…
By TALI ARBEL NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines continued to cancel hundreds of flights because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year. FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted nearly 1,000 canceled flights entering,…
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported an additional 2,094 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and eight deaths. Six deaths occurred between July 29 and August 5, and two deaths occurred between July 27 and July 31, identified…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The number of people receiving doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mississippi increased last week for the first time in three months as numbers of new cases surge in the state. Around 53,000 people received either…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s department of health reported Monday that the state saw almost 5,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend as the virus surges statewide. That’s an increase of more than six times the number of…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi state health officer on Tuesday implored people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a highly transmissible variant of the virus is spreading a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.…
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WXXV) — Two people are dead after drowning in rip currents at beaches in Northwest Florida over the weekend. Red or double-red warning flags were flying along the coast throughout the Florida Panhandle, signaling the waters were closed…
Delta had made landfall and continues to push inland, largely missing South MS.
(WXXV) — Hurricane Delta is now a Category 2 with maximum sustained winds at 105 mph with higher gusts. Re-strengthening is forecast when the hurricane moves over the southern and central Gulf of Mexico through Thursday, and Delta is expected…
(WXXV) — With Delta forecast to make landfall as a strong hurricane, forecasters say coastal flooding can be expected across the Gulf Coast. Authorities throughout South Mississippi are preparing now by setting up several self-serve sandbag sites. Self-serve sandbags are…
(WXXV) — Hurricane Delta made landfall at around 5:45 a.m. (Central time) Wednesday in Puerto Morelos, Mexico as a Category 2 with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. https://twitter.com/BrantlyWx/status/1313817414069559298 A slower northwestward to north-northwestward motion is forecast to…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Owners of vessels in Biloxi's four harbors and marinas have been notified that they should consider moving their vessels to safer locations ahead of turbulent weather possible with Hurricane Delta. "Although evacuation is not mandatory at…
(WXXV) — Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Delta is continuing to rapidly strengthen. The maximum winds have increased to near 130 miles per hour with higher gusts. This makes Delta a category 4 hurricane on the…
(WXXV) — Tropical Storm Delta has formed in the Caribbean and will move into the Gulf of Mexico in a couple of days. As of 10 a.m. Monday, Tropical Storm Delta was moving toward the west at about 7 mph,…
Mostly clear skies will continue overnight with lots of sunshine again on Monday. Expect just a few clouds to pass through. Highs will be in the lower 80s. Tuesday, an isolated shower will be possible, but otherwise mostly sunny skies.…
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press CUDAHY, Calif. (AP) — A mist of jet fuel dumped by an airliner making an emergency return to Los Angeles International Airport has fallen on several schools. The Los Angeles County Fire Department says 56…
Some flight cancellations linger today after a Delta systems outage halted air travel Sunday evening. Last night a 5 pm flight out of Gulfport Biloxi International Airport did not leave until 11 pm…and a flight scheduled to arrive in Gulfport…
Laurene Callander tells us about the Delta Flights outages that happened at the this weekend. As Delta is still trying to fix it's flight schedules we encourage you to check to see if your flight has been canceled.
News 25's Laurene Callander tell us about the Delta Flights being grounded today because of a national computer error with their computer systems.
A tornado touched down in the Delta yesterday afternoon and it was all caught on camera. Cell phone video captures the funnel cloud near new hope. No word of any injuries. Heavy rains caused widespread flooding and prompted some evacuations…