The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on Dec. 13-14, 2022.

Statewide, counties have reported 75 homes damaged. Those numbers could change during the validation process. Additionally, four injuries, three in Sharkey and one in Hinds have been reported as weather-related to MEMA.

The following is PRELIMINARY and will change through the assessment process. These counties report some damage to homes ranging from affected to destroyed.

• Clarke – 20 homes
• Harrison – 3 homes; 3 public buildings
• Jefferson – 3 homes; 1 public road
• Madison – 15 homes
• Newton – 14 homes
• Sharkey– 19 homes
• Sunflower – 1 home
• Wilkinson – 3 public roads

MEMA encourages residents who’ve sustained damage after a severe weather event to do the following:

• File an insurance claim
• Take photos of the damage to the home
• Report damage to county/MEMA via the self-report tool