JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — Three people died in Mississippi because of mid-week storms. The deaths happened on Tuesday, March 5 when a line of severe weather moved through the entire state. Two deaths happened in Madison County — which is near Jackson. A tree fell on a vehicle on the Natchez Trace Parkway and a downed power line sparked a brush fire.

Ahead of a strong line of storms, damage has already been reported in Mississippi. In Vicksburg, a home in the 900 block of First North Street was blown down by high winds on Tuesday, March 4. The Warren County EMA director said no one was inside the home at the

Three separate deaths were blamed on Tuesday's storms in Mississippi. A 71-year-old man was killed when he came into contact with a power line that fell

Powerful storms killed two people in Mississippi, tore the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in a small town in Oklahoma and threatened more communities across the nation Tuesday with wide-ranging weather.