GULF OF MEXICO — U.S. forecasters are raising their estimate of potential storms in the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season, which enters its peak period this month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its updated forecast today. Forecasters say wind patterns conducive to storm formation and warmer-than-normal sea temperatures mean chances are higher [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 10,2012
Tags: cleanup, court, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, natural disaster, trial, tropical storm, tropical weather
BAY ST. LOUIS — The trial for former Hancock County Road Manager Roger Ladner and his relatives in an alleged kickback scheme related to Hurricane Katrina cleanup contracts has been rescheduled. Roger Ladner, his wife Sharon Ladner, and his two brothers Billy Wayne Ladner and Donald Ray Ladner, all pleaded not guilty last month. Prosecutors [...] [...]
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: September 15,2011
Tags: agriculture, crops, drought, famrs, farmers, rains, row crops, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Tropical Storm Lee brought much-needed rains to Mississippi’s parched fields and pastures but minimal flood and wind damage. Late-season tropical storms can be costly, even devastating, when winds and pounding rains may whip plants and complicate harvests. When Lee swept through the state over Labor Day weekend, most of Mississippi’s crops either [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 7,2011
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, electricity, energy, natural disaster, power, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, utilities, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Entergy crews spent yesterday wrapping up restoration work after a nearly four-day-long battle to repair damage done by Tropical Storm Lee. As of yesterday morning, Entergy crews had restored power to all of its customers whose homes and businesses can receive it. The peak number of customers out at one time across [...] [...]
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Danny has strengthened a little in the Atlantic as it moves toward land while Ignacio has been downgraded to a tropical depression far out in the Pacific. Forecasters say people in the Carolinas and northward to New England should monitor Danny’s progress. Danny has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 [...] [...]
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