Pearl, Miss.- The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is launching its new MEMA mobile app to assist citizens in reporting damage from the recent severe weather event. The free app is available to download on Apple and Android devices. Mississippians can utilize this new tool to report damage to...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Governor Reeves has declared February 20 -25, 2023, as Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. Last year Mississippi saw a record number of tornadoes, with 137 confirmed. Ninety-six of those occurred between March and May of 2022. “We have seen just how...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is excited to launch its new Media Guidebook. The information in this Guidebook is to assist media partners when covering a natural or man-made disaster. Inside, partners will find information about the disaster declaration process...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA)- The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is reporting a 90% power restoration in communities in North Mississippi affected by the winter storm power outage. MEMA urges those who still do not have electricity to report it by calling the MEMA Call Center. This information will...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA)- The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, MEMA Call Center is open to help those affected by the ice storm and power outages in North Mississippi. The Call Center will be open Sunday, February 5, 2023. The number to the Call Center is 1-833-591-6362. Hours of operation will...
December 13-14, Severe Weather Update #2 PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is continuing to work with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on December 13-14, 2022. Statewide, counties have reported 111 homes damaged. Those numbers could change during the...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on December 13-14, 2022. Statewide, counties have reported 75 homes damaged. Those numbers could change during the validation process. Additionally, four injuries...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather and multiple tornadoes on November 29-30, 2022. Initially, it was reported that Pike County had two injuries, which have now been confirmed to be only one. Statewide...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on November 29-30, 2022. Statewide there are reports of homes damaged, trees down, and power outages due to straight-line winds and tornadoes. At this time, the...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Unified Command of the Jackson Water Crisis incident, at the request of our federal partners, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for operations and maintenance at the City of Jackson’s water treatment facilities. The Unified Command is seeking a 12-month...