A tornado warning for parts of eastern Arkansas has expired, but the First Alert Weather team is still tracking the storm as it moves into Shelby County.
Hurricane Laura has downgraded to a tropical storm as it heads towards the Mid-South. Everyone from local emergency agencies to MLGW is on standby as they anticipate high winds and flooding Friday night as the storm makes it’s way through the area.
Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight. The Category 4 storm could bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Mid-South later Thursday night, which could cause some damage to power lines and trees.
Landfall is expected to be near the Texas-Louisiana line late tonight. Storm Surge Watch cancelled in South Mississippi, Coastal Flood Warning and advisory in place through Friday morning.
Governor Tate Reeves and MEMA Executive Director Greg Michel were in Gulfport Friday talking about the 2020 hurricane season, and the expected impact of Tropical Depression Cristobal.
Thousands of Mid-Southerners were in the dark Friday night, thanks to storms that brought down trees and power lines. One family in Wynne, Arkansas was lucky to escape without injury when a tree came crashing down.
A Mississippi woman had to crawl to safety after her home was crushed by one of her neighbor's trees. Now, she doesn’t have money to fix her home and she believes her neighbor should pay for the damage because the tree was on his property.
Some communities in North Mississippi saw heavy rain and some localized flooding Sunday afternoon. Others saw fatal storms calling Governor Tate Reeves to declare a state of emergency for Mississippi.
The declaration enables all state agencies to ramp up coordination of their emergency responses with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and enables them to fast-track coordination at all levels of government in Mississippi.
The National Weather Service has confirmed an E-F3 tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas with winds up to 140 mph leaving 22 people injured and two people hospitalized.
Utility crews in Arkansas, Mississippi and in Memphis are working quickly to get power back on to thousands. Still, about 1,600 customers are without power here, a decrease from the initial 3,800.
"It’s scary like honestly man. It’s really humbling like it makes you realize that things can really change in an instant and it makes you appreciative of what you got honestly.”
The National Weather Service says a deadly tornado hit Nashville early Tuesday morning. The twister traveled 50 miles through three counties -- Davidson, Smith and Wilson.
Airbnb is trying to help the people affected by deadly storms in Tennessee leaving 200 people injured, at least 24 dead and more than 70 unaccounted for.
Tuesday afternoon, residents were picking up the pieces hours after officials say a possible EF-3 tornado with wind speeds up to 160 miles ripped to parts of Wilson County.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency declared a level three state of emergency for Tennessee after deadly tornadoes ripped through Nashville and Cookeville early Tuesday morning.
One week ago, dozens of Mid-Southerners were looking for a new place to sleep as homes were destroyed across DeSoto County by storms and tornadoes. Now residents are taking the first steps to moving past the devastation.
The National Weather Service in Memphis surveyed damage in Tunica, Mississippi from Saturday morning’s severe weather and determined straight-line winds were to blame, not a tornado.
As Mid-Southerners clean up and try to rebuild from this weekend's storm, hundreds of community members are stepping up to help, including a group of firefighters who almost became victims themselves.
In an update Monday, the company said only about 80 customers remain without power. Most of those customers are on President’s Island where the storm destroyed 34 utility poles.
One family told WMC Action News 5 they feel lucky that their 89-year-old grandmother, who lives alone, survived after she took a direct hit from what is believed to be a tornado.
A strong low-pressure system brought an intense line of rain and storms to parts of the Mid-South early Saturday morning, including damaging wind and the chance reports of isolated tornadoes. We declared Saturday a First Alert Weather Day.
