6/24 - Sam's "Hot and Unsettled" Tuesday Evening Forecast
Temperatures are on the rise through Wednesday and then we'll see the rain chance jump up as we head into the weekend. Thanks to strong high pressure across the…
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Storm damage in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) - The Jackson County Office of Emergency Services says more than six to eight inches of rain fell in the Hurley area alone. County emergency officials also…
Sunday storms cause minor damage, flooding in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-Sunday was an active weather day in South Mississippi. Thunderstorms dumping a lot of rain, especially in Jackson County, and even reports of a…
Coast Electric crews assisting after storm
Early Sunday, Coast Electric crews from their Poplarville office left for Columbia, Mississippi to assist their sister co-op Pearl River Valley Electric. Significant progress has already been made with storm…
Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people
A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. The system that brought severe weather and flooding to the central and…
11/19 Ryan's "Heavy Rain" Tuesday Morning Forecast
The rain started last night, but we're just now getting our heavy rain as showers and thunderstorms pop up along this morning's cold front. We're still under a level…
Helene becomes a major Category 3 hurricane as it heads toward Florida
By The Associated Press Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and it's been upgraded to a major Category 3 storm. Forecasters say the storm is threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of…
Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane and move toward US
Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane and move toward US By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press Tropical Storm Helene formed has formed in the Caribbean Sea, and forecasters say it will…
MEMA, FEMA open Disaster Recovery Center in Hancock County
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and FEMA have opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Hancock County to help survivors affected by the April 8-11, severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding. The center is located at the Hancock County Tax…
DMH & MEMA Offer Tips to Manage Weather-Related Anxiety During Hurricane Season
[JACKSON, MS] - With the onset of the 2024 hurricane season (June 1 – November 30) approaching over the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) recognizes the potential stress and anxiety this time can bring to…
MEMA update on last week's severe weather
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency staff is validating damage numbers to determine if the state is eligible to apply for federal assistance following the April 9-10 tornadoes, severe weather, and flooding. During the validation process, the…
Mobile home destroyed in Gulfport
A mobile home on Moran Road in Gulfport was destroyed in Wednesday's severe weather. No one was inside when the home was toppled and flipped several times, according to the family.…
Storm reports in South Mississippi
Our team coverage of this weather system begins with a live report from Hancock County. WXXV’s Austin Lindsey has been in Hancock County all morning and has a live report for…
Biden to visit area of Mississippi ravaged by massive storm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday to meet those impacted by last week’s massive storm that ripped through more than a half-dozen towns, the White House announced Wednesday. The…
Widespread damage as tornado moves through Mississippi
By The Associated Press Storms producing tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and hail up to the size of golf balls were moving through several southern states Friday night with widespread damage reported in Mississippi from a large tornado. The National Weather…
Severe weather threat moves east after tornadoes hit Texas
PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A winter storm that brought severe weather to the Gulf Coast and wintry precipitation to the north was headed east Wednesday, a day after tornadoes caused widespread damage in the Houston area and injured three people…
Powerful storms slam South; at least 6 killed in Alabama
By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) - A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South killed at least six people in central Alabama, authorities said, and spawned a tornado that shredded the walls of…
South cleans up from tornadoes as blizzards advance north
By JAKE BLEIBERG and KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) - A storm system that spawned dozens of reported tornadoes from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle was all but done with the South on Thursday after killing at…
Tornadoes fueled by record highs wrecked homes around South
By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) - The National Weather Service says record high temperatures in Texas and Louisiana fired up the storm front that spawned tornadoes across the Deep South. The severe weather wrecked…
Ian lashes South Carolina as Florida's death toll climb
By MEG KINNARD and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A revived Hurricane Ian has pounded coastal South Carolina after causing catastrophic damage in Florida. The storm washed away parts of piers and flooded streets in parts…
Ian lashes South Carolina as Florida surveys devastation
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday, threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes.…
Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico faces big cleanup
CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift…
Gulf Coast drying out after flash flooding
Eyes on the skies again today after torrential rains across Southern states, including South Mississippi. We saw so many scenes dealing with the weather across the Gulf Coast, like…
Rapid rainfall floods buildings and highways in Deep South
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press PEARL, Miss. (AP) - People in parts of the Deep South are cleaning up after flash flooding sent water into churches, homes and businesses. Several inches of rain fell within a…