Some power providers say it may be weeks, not days, before electricity is restored to parts of Mississippi battered by the weekend’s deadly winter storm – an event that could turn out to be the state’s most destructive winter weather since a massive ice storm in 1994.
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are in the state to help distribute generators, meals, blankets and other supplies after President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Mississippi on Saturday, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Monday.
The state’s largest electric providers had few estimates Monday for how long it will take to restore power, with multiple providers citing difficulties assessing damage. Frigid temperatures, icy roads and downed trees have impeded restoration efforts. Two deaths – one each in Hinds County and Tishomingo County – and two injuries from the storm have been reported in the state.
About 153,000 customers were without power across 47 of he 82 counties at midday Monday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.
Entergy
Entergy Mississippi serves over 400,000 customers in 45 counties. The company said Monday that the storm had impacted 55,000 of its customers and it had deployed over 2,000 workers.
In a video press release Monday, Haley Fisackerly, president and CEO of Entergy Mississippi, reminded people to stay away from downed power lines and to report any downed lines to 1-800-968-8243 or on www.entergy.com.
Fisackerly added that continued freezing temperatures could cause more outages.
This photo from the city of Oxford’s Facebook account shows ice damage to trees and power lines in Oxford on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. Credit: City of OxfordElectric Cooperatives of Mississippi
Twelve of the Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s 26 operations have requested restoration assistance with additional crews coming from out of state. According to a Monday press release, travel is dangerous in parts of the state that have been hardest hit and it is difficult to say when everything will be back on.
Tishomingo County Electric Power Association
“It’s a war zone out here,” said Cody Durham, CEO of Tishomingo County Electric Power Association. Around 80% of Tishomingo Electric’s customers are without power.
Durham said restoring power to the county’s electric water pumps is the first priority. He hopes water would be restored by Monday night.
“We’re doing the best we can to work through these tough conditions,” Durham said. Because of cold and icy conditions, he said it’s impossible to know the exact extent of the damage. He requested additional crews to help clear trees and repair lines. He urged people to check for warming shelters that are being set up in the county and go there if the roads are passable.
Tippah, Alcorn, Benton and Union counties
The Tippah Electric Power Association, which serves 13,927 customers in Tippah, Alcorn, Benton, and Union counties in Mississippi as well as Hardeman County in Tennessee, reported Monday that all but six of its customers had lost power. The provider said Sunday it is looking at “weeks instead of days to restore power” to everyone.
The utility is one of several in north Mississippi that buys power from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
“Tippah EPA still does not have feed to 5 of our substations,” the utility wrote on its Facebook page. On Sunday, the provider wrote that its power distribution system had “suffered catastrophic damage.”
“TVA and local power company crews are working around the clock to restore service as safely and quickly as possible,” TVA spokesperson Julia Wise told Mississippi Today on Monday. “We are making progress despite difficult conditions for workers, including fallen trees, deep snow, icy roads and frigid temperatures. Crews are on the ground and in the air assessing storm damage and repairing transmission lines.”
TVA serves 346,000 customers in northeastern Mississippi, through local public utilities and cooperatives.
Officials in Ripley, the county seat of Tippah County, reported both gas and water outages in addition to the power troubles. “Most areas” of Ripley dealt with water issues after an outage at a pump station, city officials wrote on social media.
On Sunday, the city also reported a “major gas line break” between Ripley and Blue Mountain that left “many residents” without gas. Officials Monday said repairs were still in progress.
Water and generator system failures
Local newsrooms report boil-water notices for Quitman County, Panola County and Holly Springs. The Mississippi State Department of Health’s Bureau of Public Water Supply is working with local water systems to clear the boil advisories, according to department spokesperson Greg Flynn.
He said no contamination has been reported, but water systems need to check their quality whenever a power outage causes a drop in water pressure. Because there may be no power to boil water in some places, Flynn said people might need to use bottled water.
County emergency management contacts in Quitman County, Panola County and Marshall County did not immediately respond to Mississippi Today’s calls Monday. Scott Simmons, Mississippi Emergency Management Authority’s external affairs director, said MEMA is working with local governments and the state Department of Transportation to take 64,000 bottles of water to north Mississippi communities that lack access to fresh tap water.
The authority was sending the water and 30 generators to Camp McCain in Grenada before distributing them to communities.
Simmons said the generators would go to health buildings serving vulnerable groups — long-term care facilities, hospitals, nursing homes and warming centers. He said multiple locations had generators that failed during the weekend, and only some had started working again by early Monday.
“It’s going to be a challenge, but that’s the challenge we’re tackling right now,” Simmons said.
David Kenney, a spokesperson for the state transportation department, said the agency was continuing to clear fallen trees from highways and interstates.
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