Determined to rebuild in Northside: Homeowners apply with available aid programs to replace homes destroyed by February storm
It’s been seven months since an EF-3 tornado swept through the north side of Columbus damaging or destroying an estimated 300 homes and businesses. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency inspectors ruled 117 of those homes were in an “unlivable” state.
For every new roof that dots the landscape, there are a half-dozen more homes that remain, battered and abandoned.
Owners seek permits to rebuild storm-torn properties
It’s been a busy few weeks for the Columbus building inspection department in the wake of the Feb. 23 tornado that destroyed or damaged 275 homes and 38 businesses in the city.
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.