PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230425/president-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-state-mississippi]


Release Date: 
Tháng 5 22, 2017 

WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to
the State of Mississippi to supplement state, tribal, and local
recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes,
straight-line winds, and flooding on April 30, 2017.

Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments
and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis
for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged
by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in
Adams, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Holmes, Jefferson, Montgomery,
Webster, and Yazoo counties.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard
mitigation measures statewide.

Joe M. Girot has been named as the federal coordinating officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected area. Girot said
additional designations may be made at a later date if warranted by
the results of damage assessments.

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