Residents assess storm damage in Flowood after damaging winds Tuesday
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Updated: 9:32 PM CDT May 5, 2021
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Updated: 9:32 PM CDT May 5, 2021
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WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IN THE CITY. I MEAN YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND ME. THIS HOME WAS NEARLY SPLIT IN HALF BY A FALLEN TREE NOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. WE SAW THE OWNER OF THIS HOME PACKING UP HER BELONGINGS EARLIER TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, SHE’S NOT ALONE. THIS STORM HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON PEOPLE’S HOMES AND YARDS DURING AFTER THE STORM. WE SAW NEIGHBORS OUT HERE HELPING EACH OTHER CLEAR DEBRIS FLOW WITH PD. AS NO ONE WAS INJURED DESPITE MULTIPLE TREES FALLING DOWN NEAR AND ON PEOPLE’S HOMES, WHICH FLOWED RESIDENTS SAY, THAT IS A TRUE BLESSING. I KNOW MYSELF. I SAW THREE OR FOUR HOUSES THAT HAD LIMBS ON THEM. NO ONE HURT. WE’RE SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. I THINK GOD HAD HIS HAND ON US. IT’S A BLESSING IT IS A TRUE BLESSING TO NOT HAVE TO TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN ROOF DAMAGE AND WATER DAMAGE. AND THE FAMILY YOU JUST HEARD FROM SAYS THEY’VE LIVED IN THEIR HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS. THEY’VE SEEN STORM AFTER STORM COME THROUGH, MISSISSIPPI AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE HAD ANY DAMAGE AND THEIR MESSAGE. FOR THE COMMUNITY IS YOU KNOW PREPARE FOR THIS WEATHER BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT AFFECT YOU DIRECTLY. YOU’LL HEAR THEIR STORY COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10 FOR NOW