Hurricane Zeta hit just a little more than two months ago, but many South Mississippians are still reeling from the storm’s effects.
- hurricane zeta hit just a littl- more than two months ago, but - many south mississippians are - still reeling from the storm's- effects.- news 25's toni miles checked in- with the mississippi gulf - coast chamber of commerce to ge- the latest on new federal - assitance available for those - who own businesses here - locally.- - federal help is now available - for south mississippans hit by- hurricane zeta.
- adele lyons, ceo, ms gulf coast- chamber of commerce: "finally,- we got the federal declaration- on hurricane zeta, which- happened on october - 28th.
Finally, on new year's- eve, the president declared it - federal disaster.
Now - - - - the sba, the small business - administration, which is a- federal agency- that handles a lot of disaster- loan programs for both- businesses and- homeowners now has opened up- those programs, and now people- can begin to- apply for those programs and- - - resources."
The sba is now- offering low- interest loans fo- small - businesses that suffered actual- physical damages from - hurricane zeta.
- adele lyons, ceo, ms gulf coast- chamber of commerce: "if it's - roof damage, windows were blown- out, equipment was damaged due- to the- roof or something, that is- certainly eligible for the loan- program up to $2-million- dollars.- it's an application process tha- people should go through.
The - applications close- on march 1st.
People don't need- - - - to wait around on this."
Toni - miles: "and there is another- form of assistance that south - mississippians can- apply for even if your business- was not directly hit or suffer- damage from - hurricane zeta."- adele lyons, ceo, ms gulf coast- chamber of commerce: "there's - also this economic injury - disaster loan, so that is for - businesses that - didn't suffer any physical- damage, but maybe had some- - - - economic damages to their - business-they saw sales fall of- because of the actual hurricane- and the - damage it did to our community.- for now, you'll have to apply o- line at sba.gov-backward slash- disaster.
- adele lyons, ceo, ms gulf coast- chamber of commerce: "right - now they have a virtual help- resource center that's- available.
You can also find- some information on their - website on how to call or email- - - - them.
They're open every day of- the week from 8 am to 8 pm to - try to get some assistance and- questions - answered.
There may be a local- resource center that will open- that people can - - - - physically go to, but that- hasn't happened as of yet."
Ton- miles, news 25.
It’s been more than two months since Hurricane Zeta made landfall as a category two hurricane, leaving a trail of destruction..
