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Cochran co-sponsors bill streamlining SBA’s response time

MBJ Staff — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:43:34 +0000

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., have introduced a bill designed to make U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster programs more responsive to the needs of small businesses impacted by disasters. The bill is also co-sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. According to [...]

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Cleanup from tornado hampered by rain, thunderstorms

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:05:04 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Rain and thunderstorms were likely to complicate work today to clean up the debris strewn across southern Mississippi by a tornado, which left residents marveling that no one died despite the severity of the destruction. Roofs were torn from homes and massive trees were tossed across houses. In one part of Hattiesburg, the [...]

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MEMA gives update on storm damage; thousands without power

MBJ Staff — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:52:22 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has issued an update on the damage and injuries caused by yesterday’s potent storm system. MEMA has received reports of damage from seven counties as a result of severe weather that moved through the state. No fatalities have been reported. The state has deployed a mobile [...]

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Corps sends personnel to areas affected by Sandy

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:15:11 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has tasked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to assist with the disaster relief mission underway in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. Three Vicksburg District employees, Jasper Lummus, Greg Williams and Lamar Jenkins are onsite serving as subject matter experts for debris removal efforts in Philadelphia, Pa., [...]

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Oil seeping from failed 2010 spill-prevention equipment

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:06:40 +0000

GULF OF MEXICO — A sheen on the Gulf of Mexico likely came from oil seeping out of a piece of discarded equipment that failed to contain BP PLC’s massive 2010 oil spill, the company and the Coast Guard said. A statement from BP said a three-day inspection confirmed that its Macondo well, which blew [...]

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MEMA gives update on Isaac’s impact on Coast

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:05:01 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Hurricane Isaac has slowed in the Gulf and continues to send torrential rains over already rain-soaked areas throughout Mississippi and Louisiana, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Emergency operations continue for Mississippians affected by the storm with the following updates given at 7 a.m. this morning by MEMA: • [...]

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Severe storms cause widespread damage, one fatality

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:40:06 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Emergency management officials in Holmes County say severe weather may be to blame for one death in Lexington after a tree fell on a home late yesterday afternoon. According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, five counties so far have reported damage from severe weather that moved across Mississippi yesterday. Damage reports [...]

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MDEQ begins planning oil spill damage assessment

Wally Northway — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:55:17 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has begun the restoration planning phase of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process in the wake of the Deep Horizon Oil Spill. MDEQ also published a Notice of Intent to conduct Restoration Planning. The state’s action was mirrored by other state and federal entities who [...]

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State officials keeping wary eye on Bonnie

Wally Northway — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:54:35 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Gov. Haley Barbour and several state agencies are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Bonnie moving through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Gulf Coast, and are urging residents to prepare for potential landfall. “This storm system may bring strong winds, heavy rain and possible storm surge to Mississippi’s coastline, and I urge [...]

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Disaster area grows from record tornado

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:28:41 +0000

Gov. Haley Barbour yesterday added Governor Haley Barbour added Mississippi counties with heavy damage from the weekend’s deadly tornado to his request for a federal disaster declaration. Barbour added Attala, Holmes and Warren counties to the disaster area, bringing the total number of affected counties to five. The two counties covered in Barbour’s previous declaration were [...]

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