by MBJ Staff Published: December 13,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster preparedness, flooding, floods, hurricanes, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storms, tornadoes, Weather, wind
MENDENHALL and SMITH COUNTY — The city of Mendenhall as well as Smith County have earned the latest StormReady designation by the National Weather Service. Mississippi now has 41 StormReady designations that cover 16 cities or towns, 20 counties, three state universities and one government site. StormReady is a nationwide program of the National Weather [...] [...]
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Fifteen people have been injured in a storm system that swept through parts of Jones County Wednesday, causing damage to dozens of homes and buildings in an area north of Laurel. Only one person was taken to a hospital. No deaths have been reported. County emergency director Don McKinnon said the path [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2011
Tags: debris, disaster, disaster recovery, flooding, floods, hail, natural disaster, rain, real estate, severe weather, storms, tornadoes, Weather, wind
OXFORD — The April 27 storms that slashed across Lafayette County have cost the county $1.4 million, according to county administrator Joseph Johnson. Johnson tells the Oxford Eagle that figure includes contractor work for debris removal. A tornado tore apart at least 18 homes in the Pine Flat community in Lafayette County, but no one [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2011
Tags: cleanup, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, fraud, hurricanes, lawsuit, natural disaster, storms, tropical storms, tropical weather
JACKSON — Rosemary Ramirez Barbour plans to appeal more than $350,000 in penalties and damages she was ordered to pay after a judge said she defrauded the government on a Hurricane Katrina contract. Barbour’s company, Alcatec, LLC, was awarded a contract after the 2005 hurricane to inspect and maintain Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 11,2011
Tags: athletics, community development, disaster, disaster recovery, hail, natural disaster, rain, real estate, severe weather, sports, sportsplex, storms, tornadoes, Weather, wind
SMITHVILLE — The Town of Smithville is planning to renovate the local sportsplex as the area continues to recover from an April 27 tornado. Smithville Mayor Gregg Kennedy tells WTVA-TV the town plans to offer baseball, softball and T-ball to kids once work is completed on two fields at the Johnny Noe Sports Plex. Kennedy [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 28,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, flooding, floods, hail, hurricanes, insurance, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storms, tornadoes, tropical storms, tropical weather, Weather, wind
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — As a summer of wildfires, tropical storms and hurricanes followed a spring of relentless tornadoes and hail storms, State Farm Insurance paid its customers $5 billion to repair, rebuild and replace cars, homes and other property damaged by weather-related catastrophes so far this year. State Farm is the nation’s largest insurer of [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s cotton has overcome one hurdle after another all season, and fall weather is all that stands between respectable yields and the finish line. Darrin Dodds, cotton specialist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said “challenging” is the one word that sums up the 2011 cotton crop. “It has been a year [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 2,2011
Tags: construction, disaster, disaster recovery, education, higher education, hurricanes, natural disaster, severe weather, storms, tropical weather, Weather
LONG BEACH — University of Southern Mississippi officials have broken ground on restoration projects at the Gulf Park campus involving Hardy Hall and Lloyd Hall, both of which were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina six years ago. Hardy Hall, an $8.7-million construction project, and Lloyd Hall, a $2.3-million construction project, are longtime structures that sustained [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Refueling outages at nuclear plants and a devastating storm combined with lower electricity demand impacted third-quarter financial results, the Tennessee Valley Authority reports. TVA recorded a net loss of $240 million on $2.7 billion in revenues for the third quarter, compared with net income of $199 million on $2.6 billion in revenues [...] [...]
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — National Weather Service officials have recognized Pearl River County as a StormReady community. The nationwide community preparedness program uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle local severe weather and flooding threats. The program is voluntary and provides communities with clear-cut advice from the local National Weather Service [...] [...]
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