by MBJ Staff Published: January 24,2012
Tags: businesses, damage, damage assessment, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, emergency management, homes, injury, natural disaster, severe weather, state government, tornadoes, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has received preliminary reports of damages from three counties due to severe weather that moved through the state Sunday night and Monday morning.
At least one injury was reported in Bolivar County.
Initial damage reports by county are as follows:
• Bolivar — Several homes damaged, trees and power lines [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 19,2012
Tags: agriculture, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, federal government, flooding, floods, hail, land, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi landowners and communities will have access to more than $5.46 million in emergency funding to restore land and property damaged in floods, tornadoes and other natural disasters last year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its allocation of $308 million in federal emergency funding approved by Congress last November as part of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 5,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, flooding, hail, natural disaster, non-profit organizations, nonprofits, rain, severe weather, small businesses, storms, tornadoes, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds private non-profit organizations (PNPs) in Mississippi that Jan. 30 is the deadline to submit Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications. The loans are available from the SBA because of the severe storms, tornadoes, high winds and flooding that occurred on April 15–28, 2011.
Eligible non-critical PNPs located in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 5,2012
Tags: businesses, damages, drought, flooding, floods, hail, homes, houses, insurance, rain, residences, severe weather, tornadoes, tropical storms, tropical weather, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Insurance companies will pay more than $32 billion in claims to help people rebuild homes and businesses damaged or destroyed by natural disasters in 2011, a record year for federal disaster declarations, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).
“Catastrophes striking the United States in the first nine months of 2011 caused $32.6 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 28,2011
Tags: boaters, boating, boats, construction, disaster, disaster recovery, fishermen, marinas, natural disaster, outdoors, recreation, severe weather, touists, tourism, tropical weather, visitors, water, Weather
HANCOCK COUNTY — A Hancock County marina that was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina is well on its way to a comeback.
Construction has started on a new harbor master building at Bayou Caddy Marina to replace the one destroyed during the storm. WLOX TV reports the new building towers over docking spaces.
“Before the storm the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: businesses, disaster, disaster preparedness, federal government, flood insurance, flooding, floodplain, floodplain codes, floods, homeowners, homes, municipal government, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, state law, Weather
PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula officials are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood Insurance Program.
City attorney Eddie Williams tells the Mississippi Press the change is required because the state’s exemption on such properties from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: courts, flood insurance, homeowners, homeowners insurance, homes, hurricanes, insurance, severe weather, tropical weather, Weather
PASCAGOULA — The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a judgment for an insurance company in a wind vs. water case involving a Pascagoula home hit by 6.3 feet of storm surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The National Flood Insurance Program paid Michael Robichaux and his wife, Mary, who has since died, policy limits for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2011
Tags: agriculture, banking and finance, construction, disaster recovery, economic development, education, employment, energy, environment, Gov. Phil Bryant, Haley Barbour, healthcare, higher education, Legislature, manufacturing, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, republican, state government, tourism, transportation, Weather
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour calls for reducing the number of school districts and merging some universities, reviving many of his past recommendations in his final Mississippi budget proposal.
He also suggests spending the $97.4 million remaining in a health care trust fund that was created before he took office.
Barbour released his nearly $5.5 billion budget Tuesday. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 16,2011
Tags: federal government, flood insurance, flooding, floods, homeowners insurance, insurance, levees, rain, severe weather, Weather
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), are encouraging community leaders, engineers and people in flood-prone areas to assess and then comment on a new “levee-inclusive” risk assessment process that will replace the “without levee” method criticized by the lawmakers earlier this year.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened a 45-day [...] [...]
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 Service that [...] [...]
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