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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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Ice storm warning extended through tomorrow morning

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:38:55 +0000

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 [...]

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Bryant declares state of emergency as winter storm ices state

Wally Northway — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:32:16 +0000

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 [...]

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Hood: State of emergency does not prompt price-gauging law

MBJ Staff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:52:12 +0000

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,” [...]

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Barbour declares state of emergency

Wally Northway — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:23:15 +0000

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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