Last week's winter weather hit homeless communities hard

Reporter Wayne Hereford spoke with two women about how last week's winter weather affected the local homeless community.

Posted: Feb 23, 2021 8:00 PM

Posted By: Wayne Hereford

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Members of the Tupelo Homeless Task Force recalled how the winter weather impacted the homeless community and how the task force and others provided aid.

Hannah Maharrey said the winter weather and bitterly cold temperatures hit the homeless community hard

"We knew kind of early on that with all the forecasts that had come in that the weather was going to get pretty intense," she said.

She said the task force visited homeless individuals to inform them of shelter to escape the cold.

The local Salvation Army provided shelter.

Sara Ekiss of Mississippi United to End Homelessness said the group provided financial aid and place five individuals in apartments within the past two weeks.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 307094

Reported Deaths: 7086

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	20729	248
Hinds	19851	407
Harrison	17465	302
Rankin	13297	275
Jackson	13090	243
Madison	9876	210
Lee	9849	169
Jones	8288	160
Forrest	7511	146
Lauderdale	7170	237
Lowndes	6256	144
Lamar	6096	84
Lafayette	6020	117
Washington	5278	132
Bolivar	4768	129
Oktibbeha	4550	97
Panola	4430	103
Pearl River	4414	139
Warren	4277	118
Marshall	4262	100
Pontotoc	4163	72
Monroe	4055	131
Union	4032	75
Neshoba	3979	176
Lincoln	3870	107
Hancock	3715	84
Leflore	3468	124
Sunflower	3292	89
Tate	3221	81
Pike	3170	104
Scott	3101	72
Yazoo	3041	68
Alcorn	2974	64
Itawamba	2965	76
Copiah	2924	63
Coahoma	2892	77
Simpson	2873	84
Tippah	2845	68
Prentiss	2752	59
Marion	2654	79
Wayne	2613	41
Leake	2609	73
Covington	2543	80
Grenada	2543	82
Adams	2458	82
Newton	2446	59
George	2376	46
Winston	2259	81
Tishomingo	2220	67
Jasper	2197	48
Attala	2132	73
Chickasaw	2048	57
Holmes	1863	71
Clay	1823	54
Stone	1786	31
Clarke	1764	75
Tallahatchie	1751	40
Calhoun	1631	30
Smith	1585	34
Yalobusha	1585	36
Walthall	1304	43
Greene	1293	33
Lawrence	1261	23
Noxubee	1258	33
Montgomery	1255	42
Perry	1251	38
Carroll	1207	26
Amite	1199	40
Webster	1134	32
Jefferson Davis	1053	32
Tunica	1024	25
Claiborne	1012	30
Benton	972	25
Kemper	950	26
Humphreys	943	32
Franklin	815	23
Quitman	785	16
Choctaw	728	16
Jefferson	648	28
Wilkinson	644	27
Sharkey	495	17
Issaquena	168	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 518234

Reported Deaths: 10686

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Jefferson	75263	1485
Mobile	37687	797
Madison	33784	490
Tuscaloosa	25231	442
Montgomery	23928	563
Shelby	23088	237
Baldwin	20600	300
Lee	15491	165
Calhoun	14270	311
Morgan	14135	268
Etowah	13657	344
Marshall	11941	219
Houston	10373	277
Elmore	9979	200
Limestone	9797	146
Cullman	9458	188
St. Clair	9419	234
Lauderdale	9196	227
DeKalb	8733	181
Talladega	8035	168
Walker	7083	275
Jackson	6751	110
Autauga	6710	103
Blount	6475	134
Colbert	6199	129
Coffee	5394	112
Dale	4764	110
Russell	4268	37
Franklin	4197	82
Chilton	4076	109
Covington	4054	113
Tallapoosa	3895	147
Escambia	3873	74
Dallas	3523	149
Chambers	3496	122
Clarke	3461	60
Marion	3064	100
Pike	3053	75
Lawrence	2950	95
Winston	2722	71
Bibb	2561	58
Marengo	2485	60
Geneva	2458	75
Pickens	2329	58
Barbour	2245	55
Hale	2187	75
Butler	2118	66
Fayette	2088	60
Henry	1877	44
Cherokee	1818	43
Randolph	1763	41
Monroe	1711	40
Washington	1638	38
Macon	1545	48
Clay	1493	54
Crenshaw	1492	57
Cleburne	1460	41
Lamar	1392	34
Lowndes	1364	53
Wilcox	1243	26
Bullock	1213	40
Conecuh	1090	28
Perry	1079	26
Sumter	1030	32
Coosa	988	27
Greene	908	34
Choctaw	586	24
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

Tupelo

Clear

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Columbus

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Oxford

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Starkville

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A few bands of storms will be making their way through the area through the early morning hours. Some of these storms will bring gusty winds, lots of lightning, and potentially some hail. Luckily, this moves out by mid-morning and we eventually could see some clearing during the afternoon with highs in the mid 70s.