Tens of thousands of people in Hinds County, the most populous area of the state, were still without power Monday morning after high winds pummeled the state early Friday. In a Monday news release, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said more than 49,000 homes in central Mississippi were without power. The county remained under a flash flood warning Monday. As high winds and heavy rain blanketed Jackson County, WLOX-TV reported that eight people were trapped inside a bank in downtown Moss Point. Photos showed homes with obliterated roofs and tilted power lines. On Monday afternoon, another possible tornado struck the south Mississippi town of Moss Point. Emergency crews were doing search and rescue missions and damage assessments, deploying drones in some areas because they were impossible to reach by vehicle due to downed power lines. Tate Reeves said Monday's tornadoes also struck Rankin County, which borders the capital city of Jackson. Most were in stable condition Monday morning.

Most of the people injured in Jasper County, including Hayes, were transported to the South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel between 2 and 3 a.m., said Becky Collins, a spokesperson for the facility.

She was conscious and talking when he saw her but died before reaching the hospital, he said. He emerged from his home to find emergency workers carrying his cousin, with a bloodied forehead and leg, into an ambulance. By the time he reached the closet, the tornado had passed.Ĭampbell said he heard calls for help across the street, where Hayes lived in a trailer home. He dropped to the floor and crawled to his bedroom closet, where his wife had already taken shelter.

'It was like a train sound, a 'roar, roar, roar.'' After he walked to the kitchen to grab something from the refrigerator, the tornado struck. He was awakened around midnight after the lights went out. from 'multisystem trauma.'Ĭampbell fell asleep in his recliner Sunday evening. Reached by phone Monday, Jones County Coroner Don Sumrall said Hayes was pronounced dead at 2:18 a.m. Standing in front of his damaged home on Monday, Lester Campbell told The Associated Press that his cousin, 67-year-old George Jean Hayes, is the person who died.

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