Power outages spread in Mississippi as Ida moves through

Ida is blamed for an increasing number of power outages in Mississippi.

YEAH, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THEMAP RIGHT NOW AND YOUAN C TELLBY THE RED COLORS RIGHT HERE.THIS IS LEE SOUTHWESTMISSISSIPPI WHERE THE POWEROUTAGES HAVE BEEN VERY NUMEROUSAGAIN 30 TO 60 PERCENT OFHE TCUSTOMERS IN THIS AREA.DO NOT HAVE POWER AND HERE INHINDS IN MADISON RANKIN COUNTYSTARTING TO SEE THOSE COLORSFILL IN RIGHT NOW.ALSO JUST GOT A COUPLE OFREPORTS RIGHT NOW.I THINK THAT IS MICHELLE SEETRTAND BRANDON TREHE WAS A TREEDOWN AND ALSO TO A TRANSFORMERSHA BLOWN IN NORTH BAY INMADISON, SO THERE IS NO POWER INPARTS OF NTHOR BAY AS WELLBECAUSE OF THESE STRONG WINDSTHAT CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGHTHE AREA RIGHT NOW.ALL RIGHT.I JUST WANT TO GET YOU UP TODATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHTNOW A QUICK CHECK OF RADARSWITCH BACKO T THE JACONKS RADARHERE SHORTLY AND LIGHT DIDAV HASBEEN MENTIONING THESE RAIN BANDSRIGHT NOW HAVE BEENEA RLLYSETTINGP U AND INTENSIFYING HEREACROSS PARTS OF LET’S SAYSIMPSON COUYNT DOWN INTO JEFFDAVIS COUNTY.THESE ARE THE RAIN BANDS RIGHTHERE THAT WILL PRODEUC STRONGWIND GUSTS AND LEAD TO MOREPOWER OUTAGES AOSS THE REGIONTHIS MORNING.SO RIGHT NOW STRETCHING FROMCRYSTAL SPRINGS TO PRIENC THENWE HAVE ANOTHER BAND WHICH ISDOWNERE H INTO THEINE P BELTAREA SEEING THAT MOVING AS WELL.SO JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU AWAREOF THAT THAT THIS STILL HAS TOCOME THROUGH THE AREA AND THECENTER OF ITIS STILL DOWN HEREIN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI A TTHISTIME.SO AS THE CENTER CONTINUESMOVING NORTH WILL HAVEHE T ISSUEWITH THAT.OKAY, LET’S GO BACK NOW INTOSHOW SOME OF THE POWER OUTAGESTHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKINGRIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IN HINDSCOUNTY.WERE A 4,600 CUSTOMERS WITHOUTPOWER HEINZ COUNTY ABOUT 8,600CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ANDMADISON.NUMBER IS OVER A THOUSANDCUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER.SO RIGHT NOW THE STORY IS GOINGTO BE TRACKING THE POWER OUTAGESITUATION ACROSS OUR AREA ANDLIKE I SAIDF I YOU HAVE A POWERPOLE DOWN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ATRSFANORMER DOWNO D NOT GO NEARIT TREAT EVERY WIRE AS ITS I ASIF IT IS LIVE, DON’T TRY TO GOOUT THERE.THE ELECTRIC COMPANIES WLIL COMEOUT THERE AND THEY WILL CLEAR ITAS SOON AS THE WEATHERCONDITIONS PERMIT.BUT AGAIN, THEY DON’T GO OUT.UNLESS THE WINDS ARE 30 MILES ANHOUR OR LOWER AND WE STILL HAVEWINDS GUSTING AND CROSS THE AREA30 40 50 MILES PER HOUR WHERETHE SPILLWAY TOWER LIKE DAVIDSAID 54 MILE PER HOUR WINDGUSTS.SO THESE AREAS STILL ARE GOINGTO BE WITHOUT POWER UNTIL THEWINDS DO SUBSIDE.THEN THE POWER COMPANY WILL COMEOUT.