by MBJ Staff Published: October 30,2012
Tags: disaster preparedness, electricity, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, light, lighting, natural disaster, nuclear power, power, Power plant, rain, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical, wind
JACKSON — Entergy Nuclear reports its Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have all safely weathered Hurricane Sandy. Indian Point 2, FitzPatrick and Pilgrim remained at full power while Vermont Yankee reduced power [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 30,2012
Tags: disaster recovery, electricity, emergency, emergency management, energy, first responders, hurricane, natural disaster, power, rain, rescue, snow, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical, Weather, wind
NORTHEASTERN U.S. — The State of Mississippi is sending more aid to areas in the path of Hurricane Sandy, and a utility is sending more personnel to assist in restoring power. Three swift water rescue teams made up of task force members from all over the state are deploying to Maryland to assist with rescue [...] [...]
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 MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: beach, contact, environment, fish, fishing, flood, flooding, health, hurricane, outdoors, outside, pollution, public health, rain, sewage, sewer, state agecny, storm, storm surge, swim, swimmer, swimming, tropical, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted several post-Hurricane Isaac beach closures on the Coast, but issued a new one for a stretch of beach in Biloxi. MDEQ has lifted beach closures issued August 31 for the following monitoring stations in Hancock and Harrison counties: • Station 1 — [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 9,2012
Tags: bacteria, beach, closure, diisease, disaster, environment, flood, flooding, health, hurricane, ill, illness, natural disaster, outdoors, public health, rain, sand, sick, sickness, state agency, storm, storm surge, tourism, tourist, tropical, vacation, visitor, wind
LONG BEACH — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued August 31 after Hurricane Isaac made landfall. Reopened is Station 7A in Long Beach, which extends from Oak Gardens on the west to Girard on the east. Water samples show the area has attained [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: beach, closure, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, flood, flooding, hurricane, public health, rain, state agency, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical, Weather, wind
HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted beach closures issued Aug. 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. The closures were lifted for the following monitoring stations in Harrison County: • Station 9 — Gulfport Harbor Beach near Pratt Avenue; from 20th Avenue east to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 3,2012
Tags: aid, assistance, disaster, disaster recovery, employee, entrepreneur, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, hurricane, job, loan, natural disaster, non-profit organization, nonprofit, rain, relief, small business, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical, wind, work, worker
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security has added more counties to those eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, and the U.S. Small Business Administration has added another county to those eligible for low-interest loans. The MDES has begun accepting applications for DUA from people living or [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: acquire, buy, disaster natural disaster, federal, flood, flooding, government, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, insurance, land, property, purchase, rain, real estate, residence, resident, sale, sell, state, storm, storm surge, tropical, water, wind
PEARLINGTON — Mississippi and federal officials have put a priority on buying out 111 flood prone properties in the town of Pearlington. Pearlington is located in Hancock County along the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Robert Latham and other officials met last Tuesday with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors to discuss [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, city, court, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, executive, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, fraud, funding, funds, guilty, home, house, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, land, mayor, municipal government, municipality, natural disaster, plea, property, rain, real estate, residence, storm, storm surge, tax, taxpayer, trial, tropical, Weather, wind
GULFPORT — A former Gulfport mayor is asking a federal judge to throw out his guilty plea almost three years ago to a felony charge of stealing FEMA funds. The plea deal Brent Warr entered into with the government allowed him and his wife to walk out of court with no prison time. The Sun [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, disease, flood, flooding, health, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, illness, land, mold, property, rain, real estate, residence, resident, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
HANCOCK COUNTY — Weeks after Hurricane Isaac caused widespread flooding and power outages in South Mississippi, people are still tearing out drywall and throwing away furniture covered in mold. Mold spores are a familiar foe for those who live in the low-lying areas of Hancock County. They fought them after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, then [...] [...]
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