UPDATE:

SHARKEY COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – According to PowerOutage.us, 15,866 people were without power as of 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 25.


SHARKEY COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Thousands of Mississippians are without power after severe weather moved through the state on Friday, March 24.

According to PowerOutage.us, 11,462 people were without power as of 9:00 p.m. on Friday. The majority of the outages were reported by Entergy Mississippi with 9,413 outages.

The majority of the outages were reported in Sharkey and Humphreys counties.

State officials said a tornado hit Sharkey County on Friday causing likely damage in and around Anguilla and Rolling Fork.