Extended Outage: Holmes County Residents Wait over a Week for Power Restoration

Extended outage: Holmes County residents wait over a week for power restoration

Extended outage: Holmes County residents wait over a week for power restoration HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. — When power finally returned to parts of Holmes County on Tuesday morning, residents believed their ordeal was over. Instead, they discovered a new nightmare was just beginning. More than 10 days without electricity in one of Mississippi’s poorest and most rural counties has left families grappling with extensive water damage, burst pipes, and a…

‘We need help bad’: Holmes County residents have struggled without necessities long after the ice storm

Some Holmes County residents have lived for days without power and water. Some have slept in cars for warmth. Some have missed hot meals.