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 for requesting assistance, plus resources available to the media before, during, […]
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 be used to map outages and be given […]
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 be 7 am-7 pm until further […]
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 validation process. Additionally, four injuries, three in Sharkey and one […]
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, three in Sharkey and one in Hinds, have been reported as weather-related to […]
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, counties have reported 66 homes have been damaged; those […]
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 National Weather Service has confirmed eight tornadoes touched down across […]
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 emergency procurement contract for staffing for operations, maintenance, and […]
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Governor Tate Reeves has declared October 17-22, 2022, Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. “When it comes to a severe storm, preparation could be the difference between life and death,” said Governor Tate Reeves. I encourage you to dedicate time this week to learn how to better prepare your […]
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that its Business Recovery Center located in Jackson, Miss., will continue operating through 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, an extension of more than three weeks. SBA opened the center to help Mississippi small businesses and nonprofit organizations affected by the Jackson Water Crisis that began […]