Amite and Franklin counties are among a dozen counties the Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared eligible to receive public assistance in the recovery from tornadoes and severe weather that struck Mississippi in June.
Gov. Tate Reeves’s said Friday that FEMA approved Mississippi’s request for more counties to receive public assistance following June the severe weather from June 14-19, when a record-setting 18 tornadoes hit the state.
FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program supports municipalities and counties helping pay for debris removal, emergency protective measures and restoring public infrastructure. Homeowners or business owners are not eligible for the assistance.
This brings the total number of counties eligible for FEMA aid to 28 counties, as well as the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
The other counties approved Friday were Adams, Attala, Greene, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Jones, Perry, Warren and Yazoo.
Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Wayne and Yazoo had already been approved for the assistance.
