LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Riding the storm out may get a little easier for some families in Lowndes County and others across the state.

Phase one of the Statewide Residential Safe Room Grant Program has begun.

From a lottery drawing, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will award 38 applicants from each of the state’s counties with a reimbursement grant.

“Just 38 will have an impact on Lowndes County. We don’t have many shelters here. We use our schools for shelters, but having one in your yard or at your home, just make it safe because sometimes we get last minute warnings. So, you don’t have to try to get in your car and go to a safe place,” said Lowndes County Emergency Management Director Cindy Lawrence.

MEMA will start notifying the applicants this week through email.

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