As many as 60,000 electric utility customers in Mississippi and another 150,000 customers from Texas through Georgia were without power as a result of severe spring storms on Thursday, April 23, 2020.

Alabama Power reported that 3,000 of its customers were without power in Brewton and East Brewton at about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Entergy reported more than 25,000 outages as of 4:30 a.m. on Thursday. Southern Pine Electric claimed that more than 13,000 of its customers were without power. Other electric utilities said that up to 5,000 customers were without power.

The public information representative of Alabama Power said that the utility had sent out crews to repair the damage as quickly and safely as possible.

Electric utility crews were reported working all day to restore power. Some of the outages were due to flash flooding that occurred in local areas in Alabama.

According to reports, Mississippi was hit with severe weather in the form of four tornadoes that toppled trees and knocked out power. The storms traversed Mississippi late Wednesday night April 22 and pounded the area with heavy winds, tornadoes, flooding, wind surges and hail.

Earlier on Wednesday a severe weather system tracked through Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana killing six people.

One possible tornado in Mississippi caused damage in southeastern Rankin County early Thursday. The Emergency Operations Director of Rankin County announced that there was widespread, but minor damage. There were no reports of any homes being damaged nor injuries or loss of life, he said. He added that there were “a tremendous amount of trees” down on roadways and many roads were closed.

The National Weather Service reported on Thursday night that a category EF0 tornado moved through the Monterey and Robinhood areas of Rankin County. Winds were said to have peaked at 85 mph.

No injuries or deaths were reported in the state as of Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday, April 22, flooding caused the death of one person due to storms in Mansfield, Louisiana according to the Shreveport Times. There also reports of homes being damaged in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

It is apparent that whatever the season just about every region of the United States is vulnerable to a weather calamity that can plunge thousands of residents into darkness.

And with thousands of Americans working at home on their computers due to the coronavirus, being secure from power outages has become even more important.

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