JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Here's a look by the numbers at the damage caused by the 23 tornadoes that touched down April 28 in Mississippi as well as the federal aid and insurance activity since:
FEDERAL AID (through Oct. 24)
Counties eligible for government or individual assistance: 13.
Cubic yards of debris removed: 740,000.
Individual assistance applications approved by FEMA: 946.
Amount approved for individual assistance by FEMA: $5.8 million.
Amount of individual assistance that went for housing: $4.2 million.
Amount of federal assistance to local governments: $63.2 million.
INSURANCE (through Aug. 31)
Total insurance claims: 11,184.
Estimated total insured losses: $207 million.
Estimated residential losses: $110 million.
DESTROYED AND DAMAGED STRUCTURES
Homes destroyed and damaged statewide: 480 destroyed, 1,575 damaged.
Mobile homes destroyed and damaged statewide: 102 destroyed, 245 damaged.
Businesses destroyed and damaged statewide: 50 destroyed, 68 damaged.
Agricultural buildings destroyed and damaged statewide: 57 destroyed, 73 damaged.
DESTROYED AND DAMAGED STUCTURES BY COUNTY
Hinds: 4 damaged
Grenada: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
Itawamba: 24 destroyed, 183 damaged
Jones: 25 destroyed, 124 damaged
Lauderdale: 4 damaged
Leake: 12 destroyed, 17 damaged
Lee: 107 destroyed, 544 damaged
Lowndes: 33 destroyed, 163 damaged
Madison: 96 damaged
Montgomery: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged
Neshoba: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged
Newton: 6 destroyed, 16 damaged
Rankin: 59 destroyed, 236 damaged
Scott: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Simpson: 5 destroyed, 23 damaged
Warren: 16 damaged
Wayne: 21 destroyed, 186 damaged.
Winston: 391 destroyed, 307 damaged
SOURCES: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi Department of Insurance.
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