Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster for Mississippi - Severe Winter Storm

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Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Mississippi

A Notice by the Small Business Administration on 04/15/2026

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1. Disaster Declaration #21497 and #21498; MISSISSIPPI Disaster Number MS-20018 # AGENCY:

U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4899-DR), dated April 10, 2026.

Incident: Severe Winter Storm.

DATES:

Issued on April 10, 2026.

Incident Period: January 23, 2026 through January 27, 2026.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: June 10, 2026.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: January 11, 2027.

ADDRESSES:

Visit the MySBA Loan Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to apply for a disaster assistance loan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Henderson, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given as a result of the President's major disaster declaration on April 10, 2026, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https://lending.sba.gov or in person at other locally announced locations. For further assistance please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster:

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Warren, Washington, Yalobusha, Yazoo.

Tribal Area: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only):

Mississippi: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Itawamba, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Monroe, Neshoba, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston.

Alabama: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale.

Arkansas: Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Phillips.

Louisiana: Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas.

Tennessee: Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby.

The Interest Rates are:

	Percent
For Physical Damage:
Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere	5.750
Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere	2.875
Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere	8.000
Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625
For Economic Injury:
Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere	4.000
Private Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere	3.625

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 21497B and for economic injury is 214980.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008)

(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)

James Stallings,

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience.

[FR Doc. 2026-07321 Filed 4-14-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

Published Document: 2026-07321 (91 FR 20247)