With Hurricane Francine’s Wednesday evening landfall in Louisiana, the impacts are being seen across Mississippi with thousands already losing power or expected to lose power.
The Category 2 hurricane’s strike is bringing strong winds, heavy rains, and possible tornadoes to south Mississippi with carryover rain and other elements expected to move northward through Thursday.
To keep up with power outages across the state, follow the links below:
- Coast Electric customers can find outages here.
- Mississippi Power customers can find outages here.
- Singing River Electric customers can find outages here.
- Entergy Mississippi customers can find outages here.
- Dixie Electric Power customers can find outages here.
- Southern Pine Electric customers can find outages here.
- A statewide map of outages by county can be found here.
The National Weather Service encourages residents in storm zones to keep their phones on the charger as long as they can until the power goes out. During outages, the agency urges residents to keep refrigerators and freezers closed and to disconnect appliances to prevent surges.
After outages, NWS officials say any food exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees for more than two hours should be thrown out. Residents should wait 10 to 15 minutes to reconnect appliances upon the lights coming back on to allow the electrical system to stabilize.
Lastly, NWS says never touch a downed power line due to the possibility of electrocution.
Keep up with weather conditions across Mississippi by clicking here.
