SHUQUALAK — A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people [...] [...]
SHUQUALAK — Damage assessments were continuing this morning after a deadly tornado and other severe weather pounded Mississippi and other states. In Kemper County, where one person died and five were injured, Emergency Management Agency director Ben Dudley said officials hope to have a better understanding of the amount of damage later today. » Links [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2013
Tags: air base, defense, disaster preparedness, federal agency, military, natural disaster, severe weather, storm, tornado, Weather
MERIDIAN — The Naval Air Station in Meridian is the fourth government or military site to earn the National Weather Service’s StormReady designation in Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Mississippi has 26 counties, 15 communities, four state universities and four government/military sites designated as StormReady in Mississippi. StormReady is a nationwide program [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: Business, city government, cleanup, Commercial Real Estate, county government, damage, debris, destruction, disaster recovery, home, house, residence, residential real estate, tornado, Weather, wind
PINE BELT — Officials are nearing the end of the debris cleanup from the Feb. 10 tornado that struck northeastern Lamar County, Hattiesburg and Petal. The Hattiesburg American reports Petal wrapped up its debris cleanup efforts March 22. Mayor Hal Marx says the cleanup tab was approximately $100,000. In Hattiesburg, John Brown, assistant to the [...] [...]
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 26,2013
Tags: COST, damage, education, elementary, natural disaster, public education, public school, school, school district, secondary, tornado
HATTIESBURG — Estimates are in on the dollar amount of the damage done to Hattiesburg Public School District property by the Feb. 10 tornado. Willie Burton, the district’s director of buildings and grounds, tells the Hattiesburg American it’s between $5 million to $6 million for cleanup and rebuilding. The district’s transportation center, transportation office, driver training [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 19,2013
Tags: babnking, bank, banker, businessowner, damage, destruction, disaster assistance, disaster recovery, drought, dry, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, finance, financial insitution, flood, heat, loan, natural disaster, rain, small business, tornado, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U. S. Small Business Administration reports it has approved over $1 million in Disaster Assistance Loans for residents and businesses in South Mississippi affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding Feb. 10-22. The deadline to file an SBA disaster loan application for physical damage is April 15. “Currently 15 disaster [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 11,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, education, elementary education, elementary school, high school, junior high school, public education, public school, school, school district, secondary education, tornado, Weather
HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg Public School District officials still are finding damage from the Feb.10 tornado that struck Forrest and Lamar counties. The Hattiesburg American reports an assessment of the destruction at the transportation center has revealed 90 percent of the district’s vehicles were damaged. Superintendent James Bacchus said it is estimated there was about $80,000 in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2013
Tags: cleanup, damage, debris, destruction, disaster assistance, disaster recovery, employee, employer, employment, federal agency, flood, flooding, labor, natural disaster, severe weather, state agency, tornado, wind, work, worker
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Labor says it’s giving a $2-million grant to assist Mississippi with cleanup and recovery efforts from recent storms, tornadoes and flooding. The funds are being awarded to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to create temporary jobs that support storm recovery efforts. In the aftermath of storms that [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 4,2013
Tags: aid, assistance, damge, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, federal agency, hail, injury, loan, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, state agency, tornado, wind
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY — Residents and businesses in Jefferson Davis County affected by the severe storms, flooding and tornadoes of Feb. 10 are now eligible to apply for federal disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has been working hard with our local, state, federal and nonprofit partners to [...] [...]
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