4 more Mississippi counties on list for storm recovery aid

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 photo, city workers assess damage caused by flooding on Plymouth Road in Columbus, Miss. A 10-foot washout has left residents in about a dozen homes stranded. More rain is in the forecast for flood-stricken areas of the Deep South where cresting rivers have just begun to fall. (Deanna Robinson/The Commercial Dispatch via AP)

by: Associated Press

Posted: May 24, 2019 / 06:30 AM CDT

Updated: May 24, 2019 / 06:30 AM CDT

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JACKSON, Miss. — Four more Mississippi counties have been approved for federal aid to recover from severe weather.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says Thursday that Coahoma, Leflore, Sunflower and Washington counties are being added to a list of 20 other counties.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved assistance in response to storms that struck Feb. 22-24, bringing tornadoes and flooding.

The counties previously approved for recovery aid Alcorn, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Yalobusha.