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A Tupelo Public Works employee begins to remove a tree that fell across and blocked a portion of William Drive Saturday afternoon.

 Thomas Wells | Buy at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM/

TUPELO • Northeast Mississippi could receive federal assistance in response to storm-related damage the area incurred two weeks ago from straight-line winds. This comes after multiple counties and cities have submitted information to the federal government seeking to receive funds.

Lee Bowdry, the emergency management director for Lee County, told the Daily Journal that in order for a local government to receive funding, the government must spend over a certain threshold on recovery efforts.

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