PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to work with counties impacted by the severe weather on March 14 and 15, 2025. Sadly, an additional death has been reported in Walthall County, bringing the statewide total to seven. Counties are finishing up initial damage...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Governor Tate Reeves has issued a State of Emergency in all counties affected by the severe storms that occurred across Mississippi on March 14 and March 15, 2025. The State of Emergency was issued just hours after severe weather impacted at least 21 counties across the state....
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to work with counties impacted by the severe weather on March 4, 2025. The National Weather Service has confirmed 2 tornadoes (Wayne County EF-2, George County EF-1) touched down on March 4th. Three deaths (Clarke County (1)...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on March 4, 2025. There are reports of homes damaged, trees down, and power outages due to Tuesday’s storms. Three deaths (Clarke County (1), Madison County (2)) and...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is launching a new and improved MEMA website, msema.org. The updated site offers a sleek, modern design, improved functionality, and a user-friendly experience tailored to serve Mississippians and visitors better. Designed with both...
PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess storm damage on February 15-16, 2025. There are reports of homes damaged, trees down, roads closed, and power outages due to the storms. Currently, no injuries have been reported to MEMA. As of 8:30 AM...
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to work with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on February 12, 2025. At this time, the National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes touched down across the state during Wednesday’s severe weather...
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Mississippi of the March 10 deadline to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that low interest federal disaster loans are now available to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Louisiana who sustained economic losses caused by the January 2025 winter storm that occurred Jan...
Governor Reeves Declares February 9-15 as Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Governor Reeves declares February 9-15, 2025, Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. Last year, 85 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi, including 22 in the Spring. On April 8-11...