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Two trees can be seen down across the roadway on North Palestine Road between Liberty and Duck Pond Road. (Submitted)

Southwest Electric Association crews work on downed power lines on Kingston Road at St. Mark Church where a tree fell in the roadway overnight. (Submitted)

This tree fell overnight off of Greenwood Plantation Road. (Submitted)

Kingston Road near St. Mark Church. (Submitted)

Kingston Road near St. Mark Church. (Submitted)

This tree is down on Greenwood Plantation Road. Residents are trapped in the neighborhood until county road and power crews arrive. (Submitted)

Dozens of trees, like this one blocking North Palestinej Road, were downed during storms overnight. (Submitted)

NATCHEZ — Dozens of trees were toppled in Adams County overnight, leaving roadways blocked and downing power lines, causing electrical outages.

Southwest Mississippi Electric Cooperative reported approximately 1,140 residents without power at 9 a.m. in rural Adams County. Entergy Mississippi reported approximately 370 residents without power involving 12 separate outages in Natchez.

Power crews are out in force making certain power to downed lines has been cut before Adams County Road crews begin clearing trees from the roadway, said Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten.

“With all of this rain we’ve had, the soil is saturated. We will have more trees to fall because of that,” Patten said. “We ask motorists to please be cautious when on the roads.”

He also asked that Natchez residents be careful when approaching intersections where traffic signals have lost power and are not operating properly.

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