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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 7,2011
Tags: colleges, construction, disaster preparedness, disasters, earthquakes, education, engineering, flooding, floods, hail, higher education, natural disasters, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, universities, Weather, wind
OXFORD — Recognizing the importance of preparedness when disasters strike, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency have provided a grant to help the University of Mississippi upgrade its Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. The $84,344 grant calls for an evaluation and upgrade of the mitigation plan, which was approved in 2006, because [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2011
Tags: architects, architecture, colleges, disaster, disaster recovery, education, higher education, municipal government, natural disaster, severe weather, tornadoes, universities, Weather
STARKVILLE and SMITHVILLE — Smithville officials are in Starkville today to see recovery ideas developed by Mississippi State University students for the town, which was devastated by a tornado in April. Professor John Poros says the 27 architecture students worked up 11 plans for a municipal complex — some with one building, some with as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, hail, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration has made a disaster declaration for Jones County and six contiguous counties of Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Perry, Smith and Wayne, which were affected by the severe storms and tornadoes Nov. 16. SBA has opened a disaster outreach loan center for residents in the eligible counties at the [...] [...]
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 MBJ Staff Published: October 17,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farming, farms, federal government, flooding, floods, hail, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Shortcomings in a federal agriculture disaster assistance program to advocate for reforms to ensure timely benefits for farmers who lose crops to flooding or other disasters, according to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). Cochran addressed problems with the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) at a Senate Homeland Security Appropriations hearing that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farms, flooding, floods, hail, heat, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Mississippi as agricultural disaster areas for 2011. The USDA says its declaration is based on combined effects of severe storms, tornadoes, severe spring flooding, Tropical Storm Lee, widespread drought and excessive heat since Jan. 1. The declaration means farmers who lost money [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 16,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, flooding, floods, hail, hurricanes, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, tropical weather, Weather, wind
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) says budgetary “underestimating syndrome” skews congressional and public understanding of the federal funding needed to address disaster recovery. Cochran serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee that conducted a hearing Wednesday afternoon titled “The Federal Role in Disaster Recovery and Response.” The hearing featured testimony from the [...] [...]
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