Senator Hyde-Smith believes preparedness is imperative to protecting lives and property when severe storms and natural disasters hit Mississippi and other areas of the country. A state-level lawmaker when Hurricane Katrina devastated the state, she recognizes the role of the federal government in helping individuals, communities, and the state rebound after such disasters. Senator Hyde-Smith supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency and efforts to improve the agency’s effectiveness.
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Rep. Palazzo: Federal fisheries disaster declaration could come by next week
By WLOX Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLOX) - Mississippi Congressman Steven Palazzo said approval could be coming soon on a federal fisheries disaster declaration for Mississippi. In fact, it could happen as...
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Backwater Flooding Brings Long-Term Issues To Delta
By Kevin Edwards
Peter Nimrod, chief engineer of the Mississippi Levee Board in Greenville, recently told members of the Rotary Club of Cleveland that the lower Delta has suffered greatly this year.
“Not one acre is going to...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Weathering months of flooding, residents fear this Delta town will never be the same
By Alissa Zhu, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 3:00 a.m. CT June 25, 2019
Brown water lapped at the sides of Sonny Cliburn's mobile home near the Sunflower River as he clambered off...
Vicksburg Post
State’s delegation asks Trump for disaster declaration
By Staff Reports
Mississippi’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Trump Monday asking him to grant Gov. Phil Bryant’s request for a major federal disaster declaration in the wake of devastating storms and...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
By Luke Horton, publisher
On a recent trip up Hwy. 61 to Lake Washington, I saw first-hand the devastation backwater flooding has brought to the lower Delta.
Fields have turned to lakes. Homes have been submerged. Lives have been ruined...
Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
VIDEO: Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
https://www.wlbt.com/video/2019/06/14/cindy-hyde-smith-asks-trump-backwater-pumps-2/
By Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -The Yazoo Backwater area has been underwater for months now...
Mississippi Today
South Delta residents, enduring the longest flood since 1927, hope the EPA reverses course on Yazoo Pumps
BY Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today, and Phil McCausland, NBC News
REDWOOD, Miss. — The chest-deep water currently surrounding Stormy Deere’s house is expected to remain...
Associated Press
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
By Jeff Amy
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that's been underwater since February, one of the state's U.S. senators on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to order temporary...
MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING STORMS AND FLOODING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Trump requesting full consideration of Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s request for a major federal disaster declaration in the wake of devastating weather events and record flooding across the state that occurred April 13-14, 2019.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)...
HYDE-SMITH ASKS PRESIDENT TO APPROVE TEMPORARY PUMPS TO EASE BACKWATER FLOODING DISASTER
Sen. Seeks Similar Assistance Given to Post-Katrina New Orleans to Begin Draining Inundated Miss. Delta Region
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Her Request for Temporary Pumps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked President Trump to approve the use of temporary pumps in the Yazoo Backwater Area to begin removing floodwaters that have contaminated the region for...
