MEMA awards $250K grant to storm clean-up nonprofit
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has awarded Community Recovery of Lowndes County a $250,000 grant to aid homeowners still repairing and rebuilding after a Feb. 23 tornado and subsequent flooding.
MEMA appeal for federal aid to private property owners continues
Some delays are better than others.
Last week, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) was granted an extension on its planned appeal of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assessment that denied financial support for people who lost private property during the Feb. 23 tornado in Columbus.
‘We haven’t given up on getting individual assistance’: MEMA plans to appeal denial of federal relief for private property affected by tornado, flooding
Two months after the EF-3 tornado that cut a swath of destruction through north and east Columbus, blue tarps still dot the landscape in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. They are telltale signs of a waiting game property owners are playing before repairs can be made.
Columbus set to receive up to $500K in MEMA funds
The Mississippi Legislature will provide $3 million to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to distribute for cleanup after last month’s weather disasters.
Storm damage costs still unclear
For the past week, Lowndes County Emergency Management Director Cindy Lawrence has been holding regular briefings for groups involved in responding to the Feb. 23 tornado and flooding that swept through the county.
Severe weather possible state-wide
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is advising residents to take caution as severe storms may impact Mississippi today and Wednesday.
MEMA opens disaster relief center in New Hope
A Disaster Recovery Center is now open at the New Hope Community Center to help those who have been affected by the April 28 tornadoes.
MEMA urges preparation for storm system
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is warning of the possibility of severe weather beginning this afternoon through Tuesday night.
County supervisors approve six weather sirens
Lowndes County supervisors unanimously approved installation of six warning siren, which will be funded almost entirely by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency during their meeting Monday.
Feb. 4-8 Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Miss.
Mississippi’s in the middle of a deadly tornado zone, and Gov. Phil Bryant has declared this week Severe Weather Preparedness Week statewide. The zone stretches roughly from Little Rock, Ark., to Birmingham, Ala.
MEMA: More than 25 injured in storms in Miss.
More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said Wednesday.
Officials: Did twister damage Hamilton?
Monroe County officials are still working to determine whether Saturday’s storm system was from straight-line winds or from a tornado that caused damage in Hamilton.