Posts Tagged ‘tornadoes’
by MBJ Staff Published: September 29,2011
Tags: community development, disaster, disaster recovery, economic development, federal government, hail, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
SMITHVILLE — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has approved a $350,000 grant for the construction of a facility to support jobs in Smithville and Monroe County, whose economic base took a hit when a massive EF-5 tornado ripped through the region in April. The $350,000 grant from ARC will be combined with $265,800 in state [...] [...]
CLEVELAND — The National Weather Service has determined a tornado caused damage to homes and business in Bolivar County. Between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. last Sunday, the weather service had received multiple reports of grounded tornados around the area. These reports came from Benoit, Boyle and the Stanton subdivision within Cleveland. [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 15,2011
Tags: disaster recovery, drought, hail, heat, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, small businesses, tornadoes, Weather, winds
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Small, non-farm businesses in six Delta counties in Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the combined effects of hail, high winds, flooding, widespread drought and excessive heat that began April [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 9,2011
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, drought, farmers, farms, heat, natural disaster, rains, ranchers, ranches, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, winds
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated the entire State of Arkansas, which includes 75 counties, as a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by the combined effects of hail, high winds, flooding, widespread drought and excessive heat that began April 1 and continues. Farmers and ranchers in the following [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 29,2011
Tags: automakers, automobile, charitable giving, disaster, disaster recovery, donations, flood, flooding, manufacturing, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
Toyota and its Japanese employees have donated $330,000 to the tornado relief efforts to be evenly distributed between the disaster relief programs in Alabama and Mississippi. Steve St. Angelo, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., said, “We are grateful to our colleagues in Japan for their generosity to the [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — This spring’s rash of deadly tornadoes bears a striking resemblance to the Super Outbreak of 1974, but the summer weather that followed both of these La Nina springs is very different. Grady Dixon, an associate professor of geosciences at Mississippi State University, said this spring’s tornadoes were caused by a predictable weather pattern. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 17,2011
Tags: disaster recovery, electricity, energy, hail, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, utilities, wind
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority has placed the last two transmission lines, both from Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Alabama, back in service 74 days after sustaining unprecedented damage due to severe storms and tornadoes in April on its power transmission system. Rob Manning, TVA executive vice president for Power System Operations, said, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 14,2011
Tags: county government, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, hail, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
HOUSTON — The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors has rejected 12 bids for debris removal from the April 27 tornado. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that supervisors agreed to continue clean up themselves while deciding their step. Supervisors had initially hoped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would be involved in the cleanup and [...] [...]
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