Mississippi will receive $60 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will be used to accelerate disaster recovery and build resilience in communities.
This funding from FEMA’s Public Assistance program will support 40 projects across the Magnolia State to reimburse debris removal, emergency protective measures to reduce or eliminate disaster impacts, and repairs or rebuilds of damaged infrastructure. These grants include:
- More than $9.6 million to Yazoo County for debris removal operations.
- More than $9.6 million to Tishomingo County for debris removal operations.
- More than $7 million to Prentiss County for debris removal operations.
- More than $3 million to Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association to repair the electrical distribution system.
- More than $2.2 million to the Pontotoc Electric Power Association to repair the electrical distribution system.
- More than $2.2 million to Oxford for debris removal operations.
- More than $2 million to Lee County for debris removal operations.
- More than $1.4 million to New Albany Light, Gas and Water to repair public utilities and for emergency protective measures.
In addition, FEMA is giving Mississippi $680,000 for projects that will aim to prevent, eliminate, or reduce future disaster-related damage. This money comes from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which allows states and other entities to take preventive measures from natural disasters.
Theses measures include:hazard-prone homes and businesses, adopting and enforcing building codes and standards, protecting against floods through elevations and drainage improvement projects, building safe rooms and upgrading utilities and infrastructure.
The Hazard Mitigation Grant projects include:
- More than $415,000 to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for individual safe rooms following Hurricane Zeta in October 2020.
- More than $260,000 to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for individual safe rooms following severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in April 2020.
This funding is part of nearly $900 million that FEMA announced for more than 600 projects nationwide.
