Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 16 Counties in Mississippi as Natural Disaster Areas Due to a Severe Winter Storm with Three Contiguous Counties in Tennessee

This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.

1. Triggering Presidential Designation: M4899
Impacted Area: Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee
Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm
Application Deadline: October 6, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:
• Mississippi- Alcorn, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Montgomery, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington, Webster, Yazoo

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
• Mississippi- Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay, Coahoma, Hinds, Lafayette, Madison, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo, Yalobusha
• Arkansas- Chicot, Desha, Phillips
• Louisiana- East Carroll, Madison, Tensas
• Tennessee- Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy

2. Triggering Presidential Designation: M4899, Amendment 1
Impacted Area: Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee
Triggering Disaster: Severe Winter Storm
Application Deadline: October 13, 2026

Primary Counties Eligible:
• Mississippi- Adams, Attala, Benton, Claiborne, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Yalobusha

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
• Mississippi- Alcorn, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Coahoma, Copiah, DeSoto, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Itawamba, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Sunflower, Tunica, Warren, Wilkinson, Winston, Yazoo
• Tennessee- Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Shelby
• Louisiana- Concordia, Tensas
• Alabama- Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.
FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations. To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.

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