MEMA: 12 weather-related deaths from winter weather
Published 2:00 pm Wednesday, January 24, 2024
A total of 12 weather-related deaths have been reported across Mississippi since Jan. 14.
Three deaths reported to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency were specified as due to vehicle accidents — one on Hwy. 49 in Humphreys County, and two on Hwy. 15 in Chickasaw County.
The other nine deaths have been described as “winter weather-related” or due to extreme cold. Twenty-nine injuries have also been reported to MEMA.
Reports came from the following counties:
Chickasaw — 2 deaths
Grenada — 2 injuries
Humphreys — 1 death
Leflore — 2 deaths
Marshall — 1 injury, 1 death
Panola — 6 injuries, 2 deaths
Rankin — 17 injuries, 1 death
Sharkey — 1 death
Sunflower — 1 death
Washington — 3 injuries, 1 death