1 killed, hundreds without power after Lafayette County storms
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Miss. — The severe weather has moved out this weekend, but people in North Mississippi are now cleaning up the damage left behind.
In Lafayette County, one person has died and 800 people in that area remain without power. There are also many fallen trees following the storm.
Officials told WREG that the first round of storms impacted the county the most.
Beau Moore, the Public Information Officer for Lafayette County's Emergency Management team, said the first round of severe weather made landfall early on Saturday and it knocked out power and downed trees.
2 women killed, 3 minors injured in Lafayette County crash
Moore said the southeast section of the county got hit the hardest since that's where most of the storm damage is.
Governor Tate Reeves said that a person died after a tree fell on a car near Delay Road.
Although hundreds of people in Lafayette County still don't have power, officials said the utility company is working around the clock to get the lights back on for everyone.
'We don't have an estimate yet from North East. They do have some larger transmission lines that are down, but they're working to restore in the southeast section,' Moore said. 'So, we don't have an estimate on that, but what I can tell you is, North East has got all hands on deck, working through the night and this morning and this afternoon to get the power restored as soon as possible.'
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