Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Suspected Tornado in Mississippi From Hurricane Barry Damages Homes
Jul 18 2019 // A suspected tornado struck a rural area of north Mississippi on Tuesday, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines as the wet remnants of Hurricane Barry rumbled through several states, officials said. A storm...
Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $300M in Non-NFIP Insured Losses from Barry
Jul 16 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near $300 million. That figure does not include National Flood Insurance Program...
Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry
Jul 16 2019 // Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was...
Barry Weakened After Landfall in Louisiana But Flooding Still Expected in Some Areas
Jul 14 2019 // Storm Barry trudged through northwestern Louisiana on Sunday, weakening to a tropical depression but dropping up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi...
Barry Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana as Hurricane on Saturday
Jul 12 2019 // In an update issued at 4 p.m., CDT, on July 12, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane along Louisiana’s central Gulf Coast on July 13. The NHC...
New Orleans Hunkers Down as Tropical Storm Barry Nears Louisiana Coast
Jul 12 2019 // Coastal Louisiana felt the first blow from Tropical Storm Barry’s winds early on Friday as the slow-moving tempest was forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 threatening to bring rain and flooding to...
Now a Tropical Storm, Barry Takes Aim at Louisiana
Jul 11 2019 // Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and could strike Louisiana as a hurricane Saturday, causing almost $1 billion in damage and worsening flooding in New Orleans. The system, which was about 95 miles (153...
Plant-Based Food Makers Sue Mississippi Over Meat Labeling Law
Jul 11 2019 // A federal lawsuit says Mississippi is violating free-speech rights by banning makers of plant-based foods from using terms such as “meatless meatballs” and “vegan bacon.” The lawsuit against...
As Gulf Storm Bears Down, New Orleans Faced with Threat of Two-Sided Flood
Jul 10 2019 // New Orleans is under the threat of floods from two fronts as the Mississippi River could jump to its highest point in at least 90 years. The city is facing flood waters coming down the Mississippi from the U.S. Midwest...
MS Amlin Appoints Perottino from HDI as Country Manager for France
Jul 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the specialist global re/insurer, announced it has appointed Véronique Perottino as country manager for France. Perottino will join the business beginning of September reporting to Rudy Benmeridja, CEO of MS...
Fire Destroys Furniture Building, Warehouse in Mississippi
Jun 28 2019 // Investigators are trying to determine what started a fire that destroyed a building in north Mississippi that houses a furniture business and storage for a refrigerator maker. No injuries were reported in the fire...
Mississippi Floodgate Opened Again to Drain Delta
Jun 25 2019 // A floodgate in Mississippi has reopened as the Mississippi River falls, allowing a months-long flood in parts of the Mississippi Delta to begin draining. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it opened the Steele Bayou...
Tornado Damages Homes in Mississippi; No Injuries Reported
Jun 20 2019 // Forecasters say a tornado caused some damage in Hinds County – a somewhat uncommon storm for June in central Mississippi. The National Weather Service says the EF-1 twister struck Monday near Raymond, Mississippi. No...
Midwestern Floodwaters Harming Louisiana, Mississippi Seafood Businesses
Jun 19 2019 // This is a bad year for people who make their living from seafood in Louisiana and Mississippi. Floods from the Midwest are killing oysters, and driving crabs, shrimp and finfish out of bays and marshes, into saltier water...
Tower Hill Specialty Adds Coverage Options in Mississippi
Jun 19 2019 // Tower Hill Specialty has further expanded into the Southeast and is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Mississippi. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service...
MS Amlin Names RSA’s Vogiatzidou as Senior Marine Underwriter in Dubai
Jun 18 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced the appointment of Mary Vogiatzidou to the role of senior marine underwriter. Vogiatzidou will be based in MS Amlin’s Dubai office and will be responsible for the...
Mississippi Requests Pumps from Federal Govt. to Ease Flooding
Jun 14 2019 // 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 pumps to the area to...
Flooding in Central U.S. Impacts Recreation, Tourism Industries
Jun 10 2019 // As the waters of the swollen Arkansas River rose in Little Rock, and threatened to reach record heights, Samuel Ellis had to make the tough, but prudent, decision to indefinitely shutter kayak rentals from his tour...
Mississippi Floodgate Closed as Delta Flooding Continues
Jun 10 2019 // A floodgate in Mississippi has again closed to prevent the swollen Mississippi River from spilling inland and worsening flooding in parts of the Mississippi Delta. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it closed the Steele...
Plans for Opening Louisiana’s Mississippi River Morganza Spillway Reduced
Jun 7 2019 // Plans for opening a Mississippi River spillway in Louisiana have been cut back dramatically because the river is rising more slowly than expected. The Army Corps of Engineers says it plans to release 20 percent of the...
