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.


Flooded residents: Finish the pumps

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...

Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding

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...