Weather a factor in utility bill delivery delays
Earlier this month, some Columbus Light and Water customers, primarily in East Columbus, didn’t receive their February bill in time to pay it in time. Some customers received two bills.
Storms moving into Miss. cause scattered damage
Wind and lightning caused isolated damage and power outages across Mississippi Thursday as a storm front moved through the state.
Deaths, power outages in South
Small armies of utility workers labored to turn the lights — and the heat — back on for hundreds of thousands of Southerners as a winter storm that left them without power threatened major cities further up the East Coast.
Golden Triangle universities, schools closed Tuesday
Several schools and universities in the Golden Triangle area have announced they will be closed Tuesday with freezing weather anticipated this evening.
Another round of cold, wet weather
The Golden Triangle is expected to freeze tonight.
The National Weather Service in Jackson this morning issued a winter storm warning for Lowndes, Oktibehha and Clay counties that will begin at 6 p.m. tonight and stay in place until 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Miss. reports its 5th death tied to winter storm
Mississippi authorities say the deaths of five people have been linked to this week’s winter storm.
The latest came Wednesday when a vehicle struck the back of a stalled tractor-trailer in Smith County, killing one of the passengers in the moving vehicle.
Southern cities paralyzed by winter blast
Students camped out with teachers in school gyms or on buses and commuters abandoned cars along the highway to seek shelter in churches, fire stations — even grocery stores — after a rare snowstorm left thousands of unaccustomed Southerners frozen in their tracks.
Our view: For some, cold weather is far more than an inconvenience
There are some things we can all agree on and one of them is the weather over the past few days: It’s been cold, very cold by Mississippi standards.
It’s here: Winter storm hits state
Thirty-six of Mississippi’s 82 counties are under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Phil Bryant to speed response to a storm that’s expected to bring snow and ice to central and southern parts of the state starting early this morning.
Get ready for more cold temperatures
The National Weather Service office in Jackson has issued a wind chill advisory for this evening and into Tuesday morning for the Highway 82 corridor in Mississippi.
NOAA: 2013 was fourth hottest on record
The sweltering year of 1988 first put global warming in the headlines and ended up as the hottest year on record. But on Tuesday, it was pushed out of the top 20 warmest by 2013.
Last year tied for the fourth hottest and 1988 fell to 21st.
Forecasters adding new layers of storm warnings
The Storm Prediction Center intends to broaden its advance warning system for severe weather after finding that days it labeled with a “slight risk” turned out to be pretty nasty.
Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps
We’ve become weather wimps.
As the world warms, the United States is getting fewer bitter cold spells like the one that gripped much of the nation this week. So when a deep freeze strikes, scientists say, it seems more unprecedented than it really is.
South buckles down for cold blast
Farmers hustled to harvest citrus and protect strawberries, homeless shelters admitted all comers, Terrebonne Parish jail inmates got extra blankets and people were warned to protect pipes, plants and pets as arctic air smacked into the Deep South and temperatures plummeted in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Officials urge Mississippians to prepare for cold temps
Officials in Mississippi are urging residents to prepare for a blast of freezing weather expected to hit the state beginning Sunday night.
Crews work to restore power in Miss. after storm
Crews were working Sunday to restore power to thousands of customers in north Mississippi after an ice storm.
Freezing rain continues overnight in north Miss.
Parts of north Mississippi are under a winter weather advisory beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday into Sunday as a second wave of freezing rain moves into the region.
Winter blast approaches: Downtown Wassail Fest rescheduled, W event will go on as planned tonight
The weather outside is frightful…
The AccuWeather.com forecast for the Golden Triangle this afternoon is mostly cloudy and much colder with occasional rain and a thunderstorm. In the evening, there will be occasional drizzle and breezy winds with an overnight low of 30 degrees.
Forecasters predict hard freeze for most of Miss.
JACKSON — Winter will sweep into Mississippi today on strong north winds, with a hard freeze predicted for all but the state’s coastal counties. National
With rain expected, residents re-adjust Halloween plans
With the threat of severe weather, many parents and local organizations are rethinking their Halloween plans.
The chance of rain tonight is 100 percent with wind gusts as high as 25 mph, according to the latest National Weather Service update at press time.