By WJTV
May 4, 2021 11:11 PM
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – We’re following the clean-up underway in Brandon where the Legacy community, which is right off Highway 80 on the Eastside of Brandon, has its entire main entrance blocked by snapped power poles and active electrical wires to trees coming down as winds reached over 75mph.
Dozens of homeowners either had no way of getting home or stuck at their house after Tuesday’s tornado system sent half a dozen electrical poles and wires tumbling down on top of their Highway 80 entrance.
“It blew it down and tore it up,” Robert Carter said.
Rankin County experienced around 40 instances through the afternoon of trees and power lines getting knocked down. Leaving about 3,000 customers in the dark.