PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
FOR MISSISSIPPI
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210506/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-mississippi]


Release Date: 
5月 6, 2021 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance
has been made available to the state of Mississippi to supplement
state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by
severe winter storms from Feb. 11-19, 2021.

Federal funding also is available to state, tribal and eligible local
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of
facilities damaged by the severe winter storms in Adams, Attala,
Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds,
Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lafayette, Lauderdale,
Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pike, Rankin,
Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Walthall, Warren, Winston and
Yazoo counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures statewide.

Brett H. Howard has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected area. Howard said
additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by
the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.