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May 18, 2021 | 4:49 PM
PEARL, Miss. – A public notice is now available that addresses FEMA’s intention to reimburse eligible applicants in
31 counties and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for costs to repair or replace facilities damaged by the
Feb. 11-19 severe winter storms in Mississippi.
The notice is now posted on FEMA’s Mississippi disaster declaration website at https://www.fema.gov/disasterfederal-register-notice/dr-4598-ms-public-notice-001 and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency website
at https://www.msema.org/news/.
Under disaster declaration FEMA-4598-DR signed May 4 by the president, 31 counties and the Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians were designated as eligible to apply for FEMA’s Public Assistance program. The designated
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U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran have announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Securityâs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays . U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran have announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays Resiliency Project, which will replenish tidal wetlands to prevent flooding, sewerage back-up and unhealthy living environments in the Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays.
NASSAU COUNTY, NY FEMA has awarded Nassau County $71.8 million to help fund the Western Bays Resiliency Project, which will replenish tidal wetlands to prevent flooding, sewage back-up and unhealthy environments in Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays.
The grant money was announced by Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. The money comes from FEMA s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which gives funds to local governments to rebuild in ways that help prevent future disasters. With our climate changing and sea levels rising, Long Island faces the troubling reality of stronger and more frequent storms, said Rice. By repairing tidal wetlands, this project will both strengthen storm resiliency along our shores and improve water quality. I am pleased FEMA has awarded this federal grant, and I will continue to fight for federal funding in Congress to ensure we are prepared for when the next Superstorm Sandy hits.
Published: Friday, February 26, 2021
Mississippi tornado. Photo credit: Thomas Graning/Associated Press
A man searches for belongings after a tornado ravaged Tupelo, Miss., in 2014. The state failed to spend millions of dollars in federal disaster aid in the years that followed the storm. Thomas Graning/Associated Press
The money should have been a bonanza: After tornadoes killed 11 people in Mississippi in early 2014, the federal government approved $14 million to help fortify the state against future disasters.
Mississippi had been battered by 21 major events, including Hurricane Katrina, in the previous 13 years. And it needed cash. The state had the nation s smallest per capita tax base, the lowest per capita income and the smallest per capita gross domestic product.