{"id":373261,"date":"2026-06-24T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373261\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:43:09","slug":"fema-awards-50m-for-southern-mitigation-projects-2-5m-allocated-to-long-beach-harbor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373261\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA Awards $50M for southern mitigation projects; $2.5M allocated to Long Beach Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Miss. (WXXV) \u2013 According to sister station WXXV, FEMA is making $50 million available for mitigation projects in southern states.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi is seeing funds for the state capital, but Long Beach Harbor is also receiving funds.<\/p>\n<p>A total of $2.5 million is being set aside for the city\u2019s harbor mitigation project.<\/p>\n<p>The projects were authorized by Congress through the Homeland Security and Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.<\/p>\n<p>All funding was made possible through FEMA\u2019s pre-disaster mitigation grant program.<\/p>\n<p>For 24\/7 news and updates, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/wcbitv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wcbinews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X.\u00a0<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tCategories: <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"category\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/category\/local-news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local News<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"category\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/category\/state-news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State News<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tTags: <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/columbus\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/county\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">county<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/for\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/lowndes\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lowndes<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississippi<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/o-local\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">o Local<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/of\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/press\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/release\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/state\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">state<\/a>, <a class=\"article-taxonomy\" data-taxonomy-type=\"tag\" data-mp-link-type=\"article taxonomies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcbi.com\/tag\/wcbi\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wcbi<\/a><br \/>\n\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Miss. 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