News and Media: Disaster 4697

FEMA reminds Mississippi residents who receive federal disaster assistance for the March tornadoes to use the money for its intended purpose and to keep receipts for three years.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the state of Mississippi to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes from March 24-25, 2023.

Montgomery and Panola counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after the March 24-25 storms.

Mississippi survivors of the March storms and tornadoes who applied for assistance from FEMA will receive a letter from FEMA in the mail or via email.

FEMA is meeting survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery from the March 24-25 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are going door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties to help residents who want to apply for FEMA.