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Thousands of Mississippi residents are waking up Saturday without power after thunderstorms producing damaging wind gusts passed through the state overnight.
As of 9 a.m., approximately 16,728 customers are without power, according to PowerOutage.US. The power outages include are spread throughout parts of central and southern Mississippi.
Entergy s power outage map showed 5,445 homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning. Southern Pine Electric reported 55 power outages Saturday and Mississippi Power reported 260 customers without power.
Meteorologist Logan Poole with the National Weather Service s Jackson office said there are reports of downed trees and power lines in Jefferson Davis and Rankin counties. Poole also mentioned reports of small hail in southwestern parts of the state.
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Margaret Watson, 94, a resident at Oakview Place Long Term Care Residence, is all smiles after getting her COVID-19 vaccine. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
Hope came with the prick of a needle for Margaret Watson.
The 94-year-old became the first Winnipeg care home resident to receive a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. Ouch. Oh my gosh, Watson said, then smiled, seconds after getting her first dose of the vaccine at Oakview Place Monday morning.
Watson said she was surprised when she found out she would be the first Winnipegger, who isn’t a health-care worker, to be immunized.
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Care homes, First Nations ready for innoculations
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Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
COVID-19 vaccines bring hope, relief to Manitoba personal care homes
Brandon s Marilyn Peters, 74, is giddy to be among the first wave of personal care home residents in Manitoba to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Marilyn Peters, 74, will be among the first personal care home residents in Manitoba to recieve the COVID-19 vaccine.(Submitted by Angela Blaikie)