For those affected by the severe weather, there is a shelter open tonight in Gulfport. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson heard stories from some of the people staying there. Severe flooding had families fending for their lives and many people seeking…
Mayor Billy Hewes declared Gulfport was in a state of emergency as the severity of today’s flooding began to sink in. At 3 o’clock this afternoon, Mayor Hewes sat down with other city leaders for a recap of the day’s…
We got off to quite an interesting start this morning, and the first Thursday forecast holds more rain ahead for the Gulf Coast. The rain may be done for this evening, but after only a day or two of reprieve,…
One Woolmarket family lost their home around 6 a.m. A tree uprooted and came crashing through the roof of their mobile home and into their kitchen. There were two adults and two children in the home at the time, but…
Some Gulfport business owners had to walk through two feet of standing water to salvage what they could from their flooded stores on Dedeaux Road after the overnight downpour. News 25’s Kristen Durand was on the scene as these store…
The rain has stopped and the flooding is receding but residents in Gulfport and parts of Biloxi are left to deal with flood waters that are still keeping them trapped inside their homes. News 25’s Shelby Myers is on the scene…
For people in the surrounding area affected by the severe weather, a shelter in Gulfport is open tonight. The Red Cross says families were at the 361 shelter on County Farm Road this morning. Some were rescued after the severe…
More than 20 Gulfport residents were rescued this morning as they woke up to rising floodwaters in their neighborhood. News 25’s Laurene Callander joined police and firefighters on Northwood Hills Drive this morning as they ventured out to save lives.…
As of 3 pm the Red Cross is consolidating the two open shelters into one at 15038 County Farm Road. With the weather and street flooding clearing, the shelter population has dropped. The County Farm Road shelter will remain open…
Here’s a look at some viewer photos and videos we have received throughout the morning.
One road in Gulfport has had a part swept away due to the rain. Crews were out this morning blocking off a part of Lambrecht Road near Robinson Road in Gulfport. They believe high waters wore away at the road…
News 25’s Kristen Durand was out on the corner of Dedeaux Road and Highway 49 as some local businesses were doing all they could to salvage what was left after getting nearly two feet of water. Some of the businesses…
Police rescued over 20 people out of flooded homes off Northwood Hills Drive. Water was at chest level for the officers, but that did not stop them from saving the lives of children, adults and even pets. Gulfport Police Department…
With today's unprecedented weather event, dropping over 10" of rain this morning with continued accumulation anticipated over the course of the day, resulting in widespread flooding throughout the City of Gulfport, I am hereby declaring a State of Emergency. Monitoring…
From Mississippi Power: As of 1:30 p.m., we have approximately 1,400 customers without electric service across our 23-county service territory. The majority of those customers are in Harrison and Jackson counties. The primary causes of the outages have been severe…
SCHOOL DELAYS Flooding At Gulfport High School Sends Students Home at 11:30 am. Gulfport School District buses are rolling. Students will stay at school an extra 30 minutes to make up lost time. Biloxi Public School buses are running BUT…
We started with overcast skies and showers moving through in the early afternoon, but Wednesday night has been much calmer. I expect that we will see a few showers moving in during the overnight hours, and even thunderstorms in the…
Your Weather Authority forecast for the week after 01/20/16.
Five years ago, one of the deadliest strings of storms swept the region with most of the damage in neighboring Alabama. On April 27th, 2011 a series of tornadoes killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and reduced countless buildings to…
Tuesday night has seen the fog roll in, at least on highway 90 right now. Patchy fog is expected across the Coast tonight, and we'll see it linger into the morning hours when people will be getting ready for work…
Weather forecast for the week after 01/19/16.
Tuesday afternoon's forecast calls for the rest of the evening to remain pleasant with calming winds and clouds increasing through the night. Not too much is expected out of this increase, as the clouds will clear out quickly as we…
Monday night's forecast isn't drastically different from this afternoon's, but I am considering upping the rain chances which move in mid-week. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will see a warm start to the day, low near 68, with patchy fog developing in calm…
I have to admit, I spent some time outside today and it is starting to border on uncomfortable with all the sunshine and humidity we've had on this Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures remain in the low 80s, but are increasing slowly…