The high winds and heavy rain whipped through parts of the county in the early morning, snapping trees and pulling some up by the roots. John Lambert said his family stayed inside until the storm cleared up and later came outside to find their roof and cars damaged.
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Lena Russell said once the storm got bad, she and her kids rushed to their hallway for safety, as trees were ripped up from their roots and tossed to the side.
The Hattiesburg Police Department reported that three separate wrecks with six vehicles in total closed the southbound lanes of I-59 for several hours.