Special to Wesson News
The National Weather Service confirmed that 22 tornadoes swept through Mississippi as part of a storm system that spanned multiple states on the weekend after Christmas and before New Years day.
At the same time, a report from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency showed damage in at least 18 counties.
So far, two deaths and at least 10 injures related to the twisters were confirmed, according to Gov. Tate Reeves. A tree reportedly fell on a home in Natchez and another death was reported in Lowndes County.
By New Years day, power had been restored to thousands had lost it during the storm.
In Copiah County, EF-1 tornado touched down just west of Interstate 55 near Martinsburg, causing mostly minor tree damage over its 2.74 mile track except along Cline Road, where it intensified and uprooted trees. Another EF-1 tornado touched down at Crystal Springs and uprooted and snapped numerous trees along a 13.06 mile path, with one falling onto and damaging a home.
An EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 135 mph caused heavy damage in Franklin County along 28.29 mile path that took it into Lincoln County where it also wrecked havoc. In Franklin County, it left 14 homes, two businesses and one farm damaged and in Lincoln County, it collapsed an electrical transmission line tower and continued to damage trees, power lines and homes before dissipating just north of Pleasant Ridge Road.
EF-1 tornadoes also touched down at East Lincoln and Loyd Star in Lincoln County and in Simpson County. They mostly uprooted and snapped trees, and an East Lincoln home and shed sustained minor roof damage.
Across the state, Wayne County was hardest hit by the tornadoes with 33 homes, one business and one farm damaged. Other counties with significant tornado damage were Clay (28 homes), Adams (20 homes, one death), Rankin (17 homes, three apartments and one business) and Clarke (15 homes, one business).
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