by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: businesses, disaster, disaster preparedness, federal government, flood insurance, flooding, floodplain, floodplain codes, floods, homeowners, homes, municipal government, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, state law, Weather
PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula officials are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood Insurance Program. City attorney Eddie Williams tells the Mississippi Press the change is required because the state’s exemption on such properties [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 28,2011
Tags: commercial fishing, disaster, environment, flooding, floods, marine life, natural disaster, oysterman, oystermen, oysters, rains, severe weather, shellfish, state government, Weather, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is closing all areas and reefs of the state that are currently opened to oyster harvest. The areas will close at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and will remain closed until further notice in order to conserve the resource. The MDMR opened the oyster Oct. 24. [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has scheduled the 2011-2012 limited Mississippi oyster season to open to tonging only at legal sunrise Oct. 24, only in Areas II “A,” “B” and “C” Conditionally Approved waters, provided the area meets all criteria for opening as specified in the area management plan. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 20,2011
Tags: flood insurance, flood protection, flooding, floods, homeowners, homeowners insurance, homes, houses, rains, real estate, residential real estate, severe weather
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) have launched an effort to convince their colleagues to overturn a provision in Senate legislation that would require federal flood insurance coverage in areas already protected by levees, dams or other flood control structures. Cochran and Pryor are asking their colleagues to join them [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 17,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farming, farms, federal government, flooding, floods, hail, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Shortcomings in a federal agriculture disaster assistance program to advocate for reforms to ensure timely benefits for farmers who lose crops to flooding or other disasters, according to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). Cochran addressed problems with the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) at a Senate Homeland Security Appropriations hearing that [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The state has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to issue a fisheries disaster declaration for Mississippi’s oyster industry. The Mississippi Press reports William Walker, executive director of the state Department of Marine Resources, said he hopes to hear something in a week. Walker’s comments came during this week’s meeting of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: agriculture, crops, drought, famrs, farmers, rains, row crops, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Tropical Storm Lee brought much-needed rains to Mississippi’s parched fields and pastures but minimal flood and wind damage. Late-season tropical storms can be costly, even devastating, when winds and pounding rains may whip plants and complicate harvests. When Lee swept through the state over Labor Day weekend, most of Mississippi’s crops either [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: disaster recovery, drought, hail, heat, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, small businesses, tornadoes, Weather, winds
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Small, non-farm businesses in six Delta counties in Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the combined effects of hail, high winds, flooding, widespread drought and excessive heat that began April [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 12,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, engineering, flood, flood control, flooding, levees, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, torrential rains, Weather
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $3.1 million to reinforce parts of the mainline Mississippi River levee at Lake Albemarle and Buck Chute. The Vicksburg Post reports that both were places the Corps and state levee officials scrambled to patch sand boils and stop sliding during the Mississippi River flood [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s cotton has overcome one hurdle after another all season, and fall weather is all that stands between respectable yields and the finish line. Darrin Dodds, cotton specialist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said “challenging” is the one word that sums up the 2011 cotton crop. “It has been a year [...] [...]
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