by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: beach, engineer, engineering, federal agency, hurricane, outdoors, sand, storm, Sun, tourism, tourist, tropical, vacation, visitor, waves, Weather
PASCAGOULA — The Army Corps of Engineers is working to repair the sand beach along the west end of Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports the corps built the beach after Hurricane Katrina and installed wind fencing and plantings to promote dune growth. Dunes help prevent sand from blowing onto the road and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: flooding, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, insurance, justice, law, legal, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residential real estate, storm, storm surge, tropical, wind
GULFPORT — A federal jury has found State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. committed fraud against the federal government and submitted a false record to support fraud after Hurricane Katrina. The Sun Herald reports the verdict came after the eight-member jury deliberated for three hours Monday in a whistleblower lawsuit. The decision potentially opens for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 3,2013
Tags: automobile, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, hail, hailstorm, home, house, insurance, naturak disaster, property, reidence, storm, vehicle, Weather
METRO JACKSON — Mississippi’s major insurance carriers have reported to the Mississippi Insurance Department that as of late March they have received over 40,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims as a result of the March 18 hailstorm that hit Jackson and the surrounding area. They have paid out over $25 million in claims, according to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 26,2013
Tags: aid, assistance, bank, banker, banking, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, federal agency, finance, financial institution, flood, flooding, hail, loan, natural disaster, rain, storm, tornado, Weather, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding eligible private non-profit (PNP) organizations in Mississippi of the April 22 deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that began Feb. 10. The SBA offers low interest disaster loans to private non-profit organizations for physical losses up [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: damage, hail, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, mental health, psychiatric, storm, Weather
WHITFIELD — An official says hail damage could exceed more than $1 million at Mississippi’s primary psychiatric hospital and a nearby facility for people with developmental disabilities. The Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield and the Hudspeth Regional Center in Rankin County were hit hard by Monday’s storm. Now a race is on to patch up [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: beach, damage, disaster recovery, fish, fishing, hurricane, jetty, natural disaster, outdoors, pier, repair, storm, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor
GULFPORT — Gulfport officials say piers along the Gulf Coast that were damaged by Hurricane Isaac in August may not be repaired before summer. The Category 1 storm that hit Aug. 29 tore up slats, pilings and jetties from Biloxi to Pass Christian. Officials say the repairs and improvements must be approved by FEMA and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: Closing, education, health care, higher education, hurricane, nurse, nursing, postsecondary education, private college, storm, university
HATTIESBURG — William Carey University is closing its New Orleans campus. University President Tommy King tells the Hattiesburg American enrollment in the school’s nursing program has not come back since Hurricane Katrina. Since the late 1980s, the nursing program has resided on the campus of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Barbara Hamilton, executive assistant [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — The tornado that tore through the Hattiesburg area and The University of Southern Mississippi campus on Feb. 10 did more than damage buildings. The F-4 twister also drastically altered the University’s landscape. Approximately 75 trees that created a picturesque “front porch” of the campus were lost in the storm that cut a destructive [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: agency, assistance, city council, city government, damage, destruction, disaster recovery, federal government, injury, municipal, municipality, natural disaster, rain, storm, tornado, Weather
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Hattiesburg City Council has approved measures further related to the aftermath of the Feb. 10 tornado. The Hattiesburg American reports the council last night approved the state of emergency declaration, signed on Feb. 10, and approved agreements with Pine Belt Solid Waste Authority and Waste Management to dispose of storm debris in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 18,2013
Tags: bridge, cloure, flood, flooding, floodwater, highway, infrasturucture, open, rain, reopen, storm, transportation, travel, Weather
CLARKE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation says Mississippi Highway 512 is back open near Quitman. Department spokeswoman Carrie Adams says a 1 ½-mile stretch in Clarke County closed last Wednesday because of flooding. She says it reopened yesterday after the water went back down. She says it was the only highway in the [...] [...]
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