# 2026-16140: Mississippi Gets Official Disaster Tag After Tropical Storm Arthur Hits

2026-16140, Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Mississippi, is a Federal Register notice from Small Business Administration published 2026-08-07, effective 2026-08-03; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-14).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16140
- As of: 2026-08-14
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16140
- Title: Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Mississippi
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Small Business Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 51210
- Published: 2026-08-07
- Effective: 2026-08-03
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-14

## In one line

Mississippi Gets Official Disaster Tag After Tropical Storm Arthur Hits

## Summary

This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4930-DR), dated August 3, 2026. Incident: Tropical Storm Arthur.

## Effects PRIA read

- Physical Disaster Loans for Homeowners: benefit, high. If you live in Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, or Stone counties in Mississippi and had physical damage from Tropical Storm Arthur (June 18–20, 2026), you can apply for an SBA physical disaster loan. Homeowner interest rates are 5.750% if you have credit available elsewhere and 2.875% if you do not…
- Physical Disaster Loans for Businesses: benefit, high. If your business in Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, or Stone counties suffered physical damage from Tropical Storm Arthur (June 18–20, 2026), you may apply for an SBA physical disaster loan. Business interest rates are 8.000% if you have credit available elsewhere and 4.000% if you do not. The phys…
- Economic Injury (EIDL) Loans for Small Businesses: benefit, high. Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives in the listed primary and contiguous counties may apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for losses from Tropical Storm Arthur. EIDL interest rates are 4.000% for businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without credit available elsewher…
- How to Apply and Contact SBA: benefit, low. You can apply for disaster assistance online at the MySBA Loan Portal: https://lending.sba.gov, or in person at local locations. For help call 1-800-659-2955, email [email protected], or use 7-1-1 for relay services if deaf or hard of hearing.

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## Sources
- [2026-16140 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/07/2026-16140/presidential-declaration-of-a-major-disaster-for-the-state-of-mississippi)
- [2026-16140 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-07/pdf/2026-16140.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16140 (as of 2026-08-14).