The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced disaster assistance is being made available to Virginia to supplement commonwealth, tribal, and local recovery efforts in areas affected by severe winter storms in February.
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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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They are Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday.
Storms starting Feb. 10 produced snow, sleet and freezing rain in southwestern West Virginia. Trees and power poles were toppled, causing widespread outages and some impassable roads.
Gov. Jim Justice included Jackson County in the state of emergency declaration, but Jackson County was found not to qualify for federal disaster aid, Emergency Management said in a news release.
Emergency Management is coordinating with FEMA to begin the application process for those affected by the winter storms.
Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry said the funds are public assistance made available to governmental agencies to reimburse costs related to the ice storms. Certain criteria must be met in order to get the funds.