by MBJ Staff Published: February 11,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, disaster response, dsisaster recovery, emergency, injury, natural disaster, state of emergency, storm, Weather
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 15,2013
Tags: adbvisory, freezing rain, ice storm, natural disaster, sleet, state of emergency, transportation, travel, Weather, winter
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An ice storm warning is effect until tomorrow morning for parts of northern Mississippi. That area includes the cities of Clarksdale, Corinth, Oxford and Tunica. Other parts of the Mississippi Delta were under an ice storm warning until today at 6 p.m., but forecasters say it’s possible it could be extended. Daniel [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: January 15,2013
Tags: disaster, disaster declaration, freezing rain, ice, inclement weather, natural disaster, severe weather, sleet, state of emergency, Weather, winter
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Gov. Phil Bryant has declared a state of emergency in several counties hit hard by wintry ice storm. Bryant’s office said late last night that at least 45 counties had reported being affected by the storms. “We are taking the threat of severe weather seriously, and we are looking to ensure that [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 27,2012
Tags: attorney, dusaster, hurrican, law, lawyer, natural dusaster, price gauging, public official, retail, severe weather, state government, state of emergency, staute, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has released a statement informing Mississippians included in the designated emergency impact area created by Issac that the current state of emergency does not allow his office to enforce the price gouging statute. “A state of emergency alone does not establish our ability to enforce the price gouging statute,” [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Gov. Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency Thursday in preparation for winter weather that could blanket parts of Mississippi with snowfall accumulations not seen during February in more than a century. Forecasters said several inches of snow could accumulate in central Mississippi by Friday afternoon with as much as 9 inches [...] [...]
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