by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, loan, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, tornado, Weather
NOXUBEE COUNTY — The Small Business Administration is offering disaster loans to residents and business owners in Noxubee County affected by a tornado that severely damaged parts of Shuqualak on April 12. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has reported 49 homes and 12 businesses were either destroyed or damaged as a result of the storm. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 25,2013
Tags: automobile, claim, damage, destruction, hail, hailstorm, home, house, insurance, insurer, residence, severe weather, state agency, storm, Weather
METRO JACKSON — The latest report from Mississippi’s major insurance carriers on the March hailstorm to the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) shows that both claim and payment numbers continue to rise. As of the April 15 reporting period over 56,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims have been filed and claims payments are at $209.4 million, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: beach, camp, camper, camping, damage, destroyed, destruction, fish, fishing, hurricane, outdoors, park, recreation, state park, storm surge, Weather
WAVELAND — Buccaneer Bay Water Park will open in the summer for the first time since Hurricane Katrina destroyed it in 2005. That’s according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Buccaneer State Park’s structures, water parks and support facilities were destroyed during Katrina, and the park has reopened in phases over the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: Business, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, natural disaster, store, tornado, Weather, wind
HATTIESBURG — In keeping with the traditional Mississippi never-say-die attitude, many Hattiesburg area business owners affected by the Feb. 10 tornado are getting back on their feet — and back in business. Employees at Carlstedt’s Florist had to work out of refrigerated trucks after the EF4 tornado tore off the back of the building. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 16,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, education, higher education, landscape, public university, tornado, tree, university, Weather
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi has unveiled a comprehensive landscaping plan to restore the southern edge of the university’s Hattiesburg campus that was heavily damaged by an EF-4 tornado Feb. 10. The USM Foundation has also announced a campus beautification campaign to generate private funds to help address the cost of the plan. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: Business, city government, cleanup, Commercial Real Estate, county government, damage, debris, destruction, disaster recovery, home, house, residence, residential real estate, tornado, Weather, wind
PINE BELT — Officials are nearing the end of the debris cleanup from the Feb. 10 tornado that struck northeastern Lamar County, Hattiesburg and Petal. The Hattiesburg American reports Petal wrapped up its debris cleanup efforts March 22. Mayor Hal Marx says the cleanup tab was approximately $100,000. In Hattiesburg, John Brown, assistant to the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: appeal, case, climate, climate change, destruction, flooding, global warming, greenhouse gas, hurricane, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, rain, storm surge, trial, tropical, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies on allegations that linked greenhouse gas emissions to Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit alleges that greenhouse gas emissions from energy and chemical companies contributed to global warming, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 3,2013
Tags: automobile, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, hail, hailstorm, home, house, insurance, naturak disaster, property, reidence, storm, vehicle, Weather
METRO JACKSON — Mississippi’s major insurance carriers have reported to the Mississippi Insurance Department that as of late March they have received over 40,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims as a result of the March 18 hailstorm that hit Jackson and the surrounding area. They have paid out over $25 million in claims, according to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 1,2013
Tags: construction, damage, destruction, education, higher education, hurricane, public university, renovation, severe weather, tropical weather, Weather
LONG BEACH — With four of five building projects completed, the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus is nearing its full return from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The first buildings to be completed were the Science Building and Nursing Building, both located on the northwest corner of campus. The Science [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 26,2013
Tags: aid, assistance, bank, banker, banking, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, federal agency, finance, financial institution, flood, flooding, hail, loan, natural disaster, rain, storm, tornado, Weather, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding eligible private non-profit (PNP) organizations in Mississippi of the April 22 deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that began Feb. 10. The SBA offers low interest disaster loans to private non-profit organizations for physical losses up [...] [...]
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