$42.3M FEMA Zeta assistance allocated so far in Mississippi

Clean up, repairs, and recovery still continue to this day, a little more than four months after Hurricane Zeta wreaked havoc here in South Mississippi.

As of March, FEMA has approved more than $42.3 million in federal grants, loans, and flood insurance payments for homeowners, renters, and businesses in Mississippi’s five counties affected and damaged by Zeta.

This includes $13.9 in FEMA grants for 3,941 individuals and households and $17.9 million in disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration for 648 businesses, homeowners, and renters.

Eight-hundred and twenty-one flood insurance program claims were filed, $10.5 million paid to policy holders, and while the deadline for FEMA Zeta Disaster Assistance ended midnight Monday those who qualify can still apply for economic injury assistance with the SBA.  FEMA MS Zeta Assistance Media Relations Manager Robert Howard said, “There is a different deadline for businesses that may have sustained economic damages, and you can get that through SBA, and that deadline comes up and that goes into October.”

News 25 will continue to keep you updated with the latest numbers and disaster assistance allocated and available as our area continues to recover.