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Governor Tate Reeves tours Hurricane Zeta damage in Bay St. Louis

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Governor Tate Reeves tours Hurricane Zeta damage in Bay St. Louis
Governor Tate Reeves tours Hurricane Zeta damage in Bay St. Louis

Governor Tate Reeves visited Hancock County this afternoon to tour the damage Hurricane Zeta left on the Coast.

Contact with him.

- - governor tate reeves visited- hancock county this afternoon - to tour the damage hurricane- zeta had on the - coast.- reeves held a press conference- outside a bay st.

- louis home that was knocked off- its stilts arounf 7:25 p-m last- night during the storm.

Two - people were trapped inside.

- both were brought to safety wit- the help of the - bayside fire department.

The tw- residents were emitted to - a nearby hospital and are - currently stable.

- due to the significant amount o- damage in south - mississippi, like this destroye- home in hancock county, reeves- says he feels very confident- that the state will get - category b public assistance, a- well individual - assistance, and that all the- resources and assests local - governments use for hurricane - zeta relief and - recovery will be reimbursed.- - tate reeves, governor of- mississippi: "what i want to sa- to the people that have lost so- much is that- reallym, just simply, that we - care.

People care.

And we're- going ot be here to help.

- we're going to bring the full - resources from the state- government, federal government,- but we're also going to bring - the full resources and the- compassion of the - people of mississippi."

- greg michel, mema executive - director: - "and we will be here to support- the local emergency management- directors, as we always have an- help get our citizens through - this very - difficult time.

We had over - 200,000 power outages last nigh- at the height of the- storm.

We knew that that was- going to be a major effect of - the storm and it was."- - - - director michel asks that coast- residents stay patient as local- utility crews work to bring - power back.

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