USDA Designates Natural Disaster Areas
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared six parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by excessive rain and flooding. Those weather incidents occurred April 1 through June 30, 2020. This designation is based on multiple disasters that impacted 33 Mississippi counties as the primary disaster area.