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Power slowly being restored to people across the Pine Belt

wdam.com · last updated

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) — People in the Pine Belt are getting their power back after strong weather moved through the area on Sunday morning.

For Mississippi Power customers, there are 695 customers without power in the Pine Belt.

For a full view of those Mississippi Power outages, click here.

For customers of the Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association, 143 customers are without power. These are the affected areas:

Stone County: 122

Perry County: 21

According to Dixie Electric, 31 customers are without power. These are the affected areas:

Wayne County: 24

Jones County: 6

Perry County: 1

WDAM 7 is monitoring other power associations for outages. If you have an outage to report, call your power company immediately.

If you see a power line on the ground, please keep a safe distance and call 911 immediately.

Stay with WDAM 7 for updates as we monitor the weather.

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