PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on March 30, 2022. At this time, at least nine tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service Jackson (6), NWS New Orleans (2), and NWS Memphis (1) to...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather on March 30, 2022. Statewide there are reports of homes damaged, trees down, and power outages due to straight-line winds and possible tornadoes. Currently, three...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to validate damage assessments following severe weather on March 22, 2022. At the time of this release, the National Weather Service Jackson has confirmed 25 tornadoes that swept across the state. Three injuries were...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working to validate damage assessments following severe weather on March 22, 2022. At the time of this release, the National Weather Service Jackson has confirmed 11 tornadoes that swept across the state. Three injuries were...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to work with affected counties due to severe weather on March 22, 2022. At the time of this release, the National Weather Service Jackson has confirmed five tornadoes. Four EF-1 tornadoes and one EF-3 tornado were found...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will open a Call Center for those citizens needing resources following the severe weather on March 22. The Call Center will be open for business starting today March 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM. If assistance is needed call 1-800-445-6362...

(Pearl, MS) - The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with multiple counties to assess damage after severe weather, tornadoes, hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding impacted the state on March 22, 2022. Currently, two injuries (Holmes, Copiah) have been reported due to yesterday’s...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program is open to help family members who’ve lost a loved one due to COVID-19. Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, FEMA is providing financial assistance...

PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – Governor Reeves has declared February 14-19, 2022, as Spring Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi. Just last year, 76 tornadoes were confirmed in Mississippi, 50 of those occurring during the spring. May was the most active month last year, with a total of 27...

PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is proud to share the work we’ve done in service to Mississippians in 2021. The four tenants of emergency management are Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation. Our agency not only responds during disasters but we plan, train and...