Over 44,000 people are without power right now after powerful storms surged through Mississippi.
Wind gusts knocked out power to 44,178 people by 11:00 a.m. according to www.poweroutage.us.
WLBT reports that wind gusts as strong as 57 miles per hour were recorded at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.
The main wave of storms has passed through the state by now.