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More than $8 million in recovery efforts has been distributed to survivors of the severe, deadly storms that swept through ...
Mississippi’s request for federal disaster assistance is pending more than two months after 18 tornadoes ripped through the state.
Federal and state agencies are working to help survivors of the March 14-15 tornado outbreak. As of June 17, FEMA has given out more than $8.2 million in individual assistance to the 3,259 residents ...
The Blue Lagoon Water Park is back open for visitors, but there are no cabin rentals due to tornado damage. While federal ...
TYLERTOWN — J.L. Harrell heard the tornado long before it reached his home in Tylertown, Mississippi. The sound was deafening, he said, like “10 freight trains” coming down the tracks at the ...
Montanaa Lane was recording when the tornado, which 16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman said was at least an EF-3, struck Tylertown in Walthall County. Lane lives near the Paradise Ranch RV ...
Tylertown Primary School is a public school located in Tylertown, MS, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of Tylertown Primary School is 381 and the school serves PK-3.
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — Mississippians went to the polls on Tuesday to vote in municipal or city general elections. There are no runoffs in general elections. Several cities in northeast Mississippi ...
A series of tornadoes ripped through Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving a trail of destruction and loss. Seven fatalities were confirmed, including a 7-year-old boy, across multiple counties in ...
Rain with a high of 77 °F (25 °C) and a 58% chance of precipitation. Winds S at 7 mph (11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds S at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The ...
TYLERTOWN, Miss. — More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the ...
People are still hurting,” said Royce McKee, emergency management director for Walthall County, which includes Tylertown. Mississippi’s request comes at a time of upheaval for FEMA.