by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: animal, cleanup, dead, disaster, disaster recovery, drown, ecosystem, environment, hurricane, mammal, natural disaster, nutria, rodent, severe weather, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wildlife
HANCOCK COUNTY — Crews are pitchforking dead nutria into front-end loaders on Hancock County beaches. The Sun Herald reports an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 of the semiaquatic rodents and other dead animals washed in Hancock County up after drowning in Hurricane Isaac’s storm surge. A federal contractor, U.S. Environmental Services, will dump the bodies in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, energy, fuel, hurricane, natural disaster, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, pipeline, REFINERY, severe weather, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
GULF COAST — The nation’s oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast is slowly coming back to life in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Offshore oil platforms are beginning to ramp up production as crews are returning. Refineries are beginning to restart units as power is restored and floodwaters are cleared out. While a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: arrest, hotel, hurricane, law enforcement, lodging, price gouging, severe weather, state agency, state government, state law, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
VICKSBURG — The Mississippi attorney general says the owners of a Vicksburg hotel have been charged with price gouging during a state of emergency. Attorney General Jim Hood says authorities arrested 56-year-old Devenora V. Patel and 26-year-old Hemel Ramesh Surati at their business, The Battlefield Inn in Vicksburg. Hood says Patel and Surati are accused [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 31,2012
Tags: catch, disaster, facility, fish, fish oil, fishing, hurricane, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, natural disaster, plant, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
MOSS POINT — Omega Protein Corporation reports, based on preliminary reports from its facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi, that it has suffered no material property damages from Hurricane Isaac. The Houston, Texas-based company that operates a facility in Moss Point says it suffered only some immaterial impact that is not expected to affect its overall [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 31,2012
Tags: cleanup, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm surge, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — After days of whipping wind and heavy rain, life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is slowly returning to normal as residents return home and begin cleaning up from Hurricane Isaac. Hancock County Supervisor David Yarborough said today that two of three shelters in the county have been shut down and residents [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 31,2012
Tags: county, declaration, disaster, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, state government, storm, storm surge, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Gov. Phil Bryant has added 14 additional Mississippi counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to the federal disaster declaration issued Aug. 30. Thirty‐four counties were previously declared federal disaster areas due to impacts from Hurricane Isaac. Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Warren and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 31,2012
Tags: damage, destruction, flood, flooding, hurricane, infrastructure, insurance, loss, property, rain, severe weather, storm, storm surge, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
BOSTON — Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from Hurricane Isaac to onshore properties in the U.S. will be between $700-$2 billion. AIR estimates include wind and storm surge damage to onshore residential, commercial and industrial properties and their contents, automobiles, and time element coverage (additional living expenses for residential properties and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 31,2012
Tags: dam, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, rain, severe weather, tropical storm, tropical weather, water, Weather
PIKE COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant and local emergency officials are meeting today to discuss the next step in dealing with a lake swollen with rain from the remnants of Isaac inside a southwest Mississippi park. The 2,300-foot-long earthen dam — a levee on which a two-lane roadway runs — has not been breached. Yesterday, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 30,2012
Tags: barge, boat, drought, dry, hurricane, rain, severe weather, ship, shipping, storm, towboat, tropical weather, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The Coast Guard said vessels along the Mississippi River were weathering Tropical Storm Isaac today and there were no reports of loose barges. Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets said the river remained closed to shipping. The Coast Guard and port officials were expected to begin inspecting conditions today as a first [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, crop, damage, disaster, disaster recovery, farm, farmer, farming, Hurricane Katrina, livestock, loss, natural disaster, ranch, rancher, severe weather, storm, trade association, tropical weather, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Farmers across southern and central Mississippi are preparing to deal with the consequences of high winds and lots of rain from Isaac. “We have a two-fold problem for farmers right now,” said Mississippi Farm Bureau president Randy Knight. “The livestock and dairy farmers are worried about losing electricity — having problems keeping [...] [...]
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