Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi - County Totals

County Totals

After Hurricane Katrina, all counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas, with 49 counties eligible for full Federal assistance. The following Mississippi counties (alphabetical order) reported deaths, tornadoes, or damage:

  • Adams County: reported 2 deaths.
  • Forrest County: reported 7 deaths.
  • Harrison County: reported 126 deaths.
  • Hancock County: reported 51 deaths.
  • Hinds County: reported 1 death.
  • Jackson County: reported 12 deaths, and 2 tornadoes.
  • Jasper County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Jones County: reported 12 deaths.
  • Kemper County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Lamar County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Lauderdale County: reported 2 deaths, and 1 tornado.
  • Leake County: reported 1 death, and 3 tornadoes.
  • Lowndes County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Neshoba County: reported 2 tornadoes.
  • Oktibbeha County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Pearl River County: reported 17 deaths.
  • Simpson County: reported 1 death.
  • Scott County: reported 1 tornado.
  • Stone County: reported 1 death.
  • Warren County: reported 1 death.
  • Winston County: reported 1 tornado.

The names of the 49 counties in Mississippi, declared disaster areas for full Federal assistance, are: Adams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Choctaw, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson, Winston and Yazoo. Taxpayers were eligible for automatic relief in the 49 Mississippi counties designated for individual assistance.

Other counties were affected as well.

Read more about this topic:  Effects Of Hurricane Katrina In Mississippi

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