by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: disaster, engineer, engineering, flood, flood control, flooding, levee, natural disaster, rain, river, severe weather, water, Weather
ISSAQUENA COUNTY — Work to raise 4.7 miles of the Mississippi River levee in Issaquena County is beginning and should take a year to complete, the Army Corps of Engineers says. Raising the levee southwest of Onward requires asphalt to be removed from Highway 465 where part of the levee crests, the corps tells The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, house, housing, hurricane, land, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residence, resident, severe weather, storm surge, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Federal and Louisiana officials, looking for housing solutions for Hurricane Isaac-damaged parishes, are studying post-Hurricane Katrina housing built in Mississippi. Jon Mabry of the Mississippi Development Authority’s Disaster Recovery Division led a tour of post-disaster housing complexes Wednesday, answering questions for representatives of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: damage, federal agency, hail, injury, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm, storm system, tornado, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least four tornadoes were part of the storm system that raked northern and central Mississippi on Wednesday night and yesterday morning. The biggest of the four storms was a twister that traveled 16 miles from Scott into Newton counties east of Jackson. With a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: beach, college, disaster, education, erosion, experiment, flood, flooding, higher education, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, research, sand, science, severe weather, storm surge, tropical weather, university, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Scientists at Mississippi State University have been working to find an inexpensive, attractive way to keep the sand on the 26 miles of manmade beach between Biloxi and Pass Christian, and Hurricane Isaac tested their experimental site. As the researchers expected, all of the vegetation at the site is still intact [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: alarm, alert, city, disaster, disaster preparedness, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, government, municipal, municipality, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm, thunderstorm, tornado, Weather, wind
JACKSON — The Capital City is the newest Mississippi community to earn the National Weather Service’s StormReady designation. Mississippi now has 24 counties, 15 communities, four state universities and three government sites designated as StormReady. StormReady is a nationwide program of the National Weather Service that helps communities protect their citizens during severe weather and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: cleanup, damage, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm surge, tornado, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
OCEAN SPRINGS and MCCOMB — A decision is expected in the next couple of days on whether Jackson County will clean up Hurricane Isaac debris along East and Front beaches in Ocean Springs. The Sun Herald reports attorneys for the city, county and secretary of state held a conference call to determine if the county [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: accident, death, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gas, hospitality, hurricane, natural disaster, Nature, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, severe weather, tar, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor, Weather, wildlife
GULF COAST — Weathered oil in the form of tar has washed up on some Louisiana beaches from Gulf waters churned by Hurricane Isaac, prompting restrictions of fishing in some waters and tests to determine whether the source is submerged oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. “I’d say there’s a smoking gun,” said Garret [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: dam, disaster, evacuation, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY — A portion of the Buccaneer Drive Dam that separates two lakes in Lamar County is sliding, which could cause flooding downstream, so emergency management officials have called for a precautionary evacuation. The sliding, initially reported Monday, is also causing cracks on the roadway. WDAM-TV reports there is no immediate danger and the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 5,2012
Tags: aid, assistance, hurricane, joblessness, severe weather, state agency, state government, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, unemployment, Weather
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Individuals in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Pearl River Counties in Mississippi who were unable to work because of Hurricane Isaac may apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) announced. People who live or work in one of the affected counties and could not work because of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, shelter, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi officials say assessing damages from Hurricane Isaac is a tedious task that will take time. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeff Rent says electricity had been restored to all but a few hundred structures in the state by today. Three shelters remained open this morning, housing 26 people in Forrest, Hinds [...] [...]
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