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Joplin Globe
March 4, 2018
NEOSHO, Mo. — The Neosho Board of Education and its insurance carrier have reached agreement on a settlement that will be used to rebuild Goodman Elementary School, which was destroyed by an EF2 tornado in April 2017. The insurance carrier, Missouri United School Insurance Council, willÃÂ ...
Missourinet.com
March 3, 2018
A Missouri congressman who serves as the House GOP Conference Secretary traveled to Jefferson City on Thursday to file for re-election. Congressman Jason Smith (R-Missouri). U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, is the House GOP Conference Secretary, and a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.
Missourinet.com
March 1, 2018
A congressman who represents southeast Missouri will be in the Bootheel Thursday, touring areas of Malden damaged by Saturday's tornado. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (right) tours tornado-damaged Malden with Malden Police on Febrary 26, 2018 (photo courtesy of Gov. Greitens' office).
The Weather Channel
February 24, 2018
The last deaths attributed to a tornado occurred May 16, 2017, in Wisconsin and Texas – 283 days ago as of Saturday. ... Another powerful storm was reported Saturday night in the southeastern Missouri town of Malden, where local law enforcement said some 20 homes were damaged and injuries wereÃÂ ...
KY3
December 31, 1999
A tornado dozens of homes in the southeast Missouri community Saturday. The governor thanked first responders and others helping with the recovery. “This is a resilient community. In the face of serious danger and damage, the faith, strength, and spirit of the community is unbroken,” said GovernorÃÂ ...
KFVS
December 31, 1999
MATTHEWS, MO (KFVS) -. Matthews, MO was hit by an EF2 tornado on Saturday, February 24. 5 homes in Matthews suffered substantial damages and 10 other properties suffered damages. A cotton gin just outside of Matthews was hit and the storm pushed 3 trucks and damaged them. According to NewÃÂ ...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
4 killed across 3 southern states following reported tornadoes. By David ... A screengrab from a video that a resident shot of a reported tornado near Alvaton, Kentucky. In Kentucky, an ... And while there were no reported tornadoes in Missouri, an extreme storm system caused widespread damage. PHOTO:ÃÂ ...
KY3
December 31, 1999
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The National Weather Service says two tornadoes struck northeast Arkansas during the weekend, including one that killed a man before moving into southeast Missouri. The weather service says an EF-2 tornado with winds of up to 115 miles per hour began Saturday near Knobel,ÃÂ ...
KFVS
December 31, 1999
According to SEMA Region E Coordinator, the EF2 tornado had wind speeds of 115 mph. Sixty-six homes/mobile homes were damaged. Forty of those homes suffered major damage. Eleven families are currently displaced without a home. Missouri Director of Public Safety Drew Juden also toured the area.
fox2now.com
December 31, 1999
MALDEN, MO – Damage surveys show that severe thunderstorms produced a tornado with up to EF2 damage, or estimated winds up to 115 mph, Saturday night. The tornado began just southwest of Knobel, Arkansas traveling intermittently into the Missouri Bootheel, ending at Malden, Missouri.
Patheos (blog)
February 23, 2018
Bondage and Blackmail: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a family values conservative, has been indicted for felony invasion of privacy for taking nude ... Ever. Like I said, nothing, period, had ever happened or taken place until this snowball. This (expletive) tornado just happened. I know I brought this on.”.
The Weather Network US
February 22, 2018
Additional ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch are expected through Kansas and Missouri. Power outages and tree damage are possible due to the ice. Travel will be dangerous, including during the morning commute. Be prepared for reduced visibilities at time. We could also see a boundaryÃÂ ...
The Daily Progress
February 21, 2018
The storm system stretched from Texas, where National Weather Service officials say three tornadoes hit, to the Great Lakes states and forced some schools to close. The weather service issued winter weather advisories for parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota andÃÂ ...
Three Rivers Publishing
February 20, 2018
A good time for all Missouri citizens to practice their severe weather plans will be during the Annual Missouri Severe Weather Drill, which will be held Tuesday, March 6, at 10 a.m. The National Weather Service will make every ... All NWS offices serving Missouri will issue a live Tornado Warning for the drill.
KFVS
February 14, 2018
(KFVS) -. A statewide tornado drill for Illinois and Missouri is set for Tuesday, March 6 at 10 a.m.. Missouri's annual Statewide Tornado Drill is part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, which includes: Monday – Preparedness Day. Tuesday – Tornado Safety Day, including a tornado drill at 10 a.m..
AccuWeather.com
February 5, 2018
A tornado touched down for a continuous 122-mile track through north-central Arkansas. That is the longest single track since record-keeping began in 1950. Over the course of the outbreak, 87 tornadoes touched down and five were classified as EF4 tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. MissouriÃÂ ...
Bolivar Herald-Free Press
January 27, 2018
Southwest Missouri's MOCERT1 regional team was honored recently as the second-place State Cert Team of the Year at the FEMA Region 7 meeting in ... disasters in 2017, including floods in southern Missouri, a tornado in Goodman and evacuations in Branson caused by flooding on Lake Taneycomo.
Government Technology
January 27, 2018
McCaskill, Blunt Push for School Tornado Shelters ... by Ines Kagubare, The Joplin Globe, Mo. / January 26, 2018. (TNS) - U.S. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt have joined in support of a request for FEMA funding by three school districts in Missouri that have been hit by tornadoes. In a letter addressed to the FederalÃÂ ...
Joplin Globe
January 25, 2018
NEOSHO, Mo. — U.S. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt have joined in support of a request for FEMA funding by three school districts in Missouri that have been hit by tornadoes. In a letter addressed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, both senators urged the agency to consider the Miller,ÃÂ ...
Patch.com
January 25, 2018
The American Tornado Valley, which covers Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Colorado and Minnesota, served at the major set piece of the show. Episodes typically figured the team chasing burgeoning tornadoes in their trucks, competing againstÃÂ ...
KMOV.com
January 24, 2018
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) – Debris from a cornfield helped the National Weather Service determine a tornado occurred in Franklin County early Monday morning. ... The National Weather Service didn't issue a tornado warning because weak tornadoes like this one are over so quickly. "They'reÃÂ ...
ABC17News.com
January 21, 2018
The tornado threat is very low with a higher risk farther south in southern Missouri and Arkansas. Storms will gradually shift to the east and move out of Mid-Missouri by 5 AM.Rainfall amounts of a quarter to half inch will be most likely but higher amounts to one inch are possible near I-44 and south.
The Weather Network US
January 21, 2018
Saturday, January 20, 2018, 17:13 - After frigid temperatures and accumulating snowfall this week, residents in the Deep South are monitoring the forecast to see if temperatures will return to more seasonal values in the near future. The upcoming weather pattern expected to develop this weekend indicates that the return ofÃÂ ...
AccuWeather.com
January 21, 2018
The first round of severe weather in 2018 for the south-central United States is expected to ignite from eastern Texas to southern Missouri as this weekend ... "The line of severe thunderstorms will bring with it strong wind gusts and perhaps even a brief tornado, all of which can cause property damage andÃÂ ...
Springfield News-Leader
January 21, 2018
Griffin said he "can't rule out (the possibility of) an isolated brief tornado, somewhere across southern Missouri" due to the dynamics of the storm system expected to hit the Springfield and Greene County area around 6 p.m.. Area residents will likely see lightning, Griffin said. There's a possibility they'llÃÂ ...
fox4kc.com
January 20, 2018
Todd Graves, the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, told FOX4 in an email Friday morning that reports of Greitens' impending resignation were: "Just another false rumor someone has started." Greitens was reportedly working Friday at the capitol building, and his office sent out two news releases,ÃÂ ...
The Weather Channel
January 19, 2018
At least three apparent tornadoes damaged homes and buildings from northeastern Texas to southwestern Missouri Sunday. This was due to a change in the ... Severe thunderstorms appeared to spawn at least three tornadoes Sunday night in Texas and southwestern Missouri. (MORE: Tornado Central).
KTTS
January 18, 2018
“Given the devastating damage we've seen previously from tornadoes in Southwest Missouri, it's important that FEMA approve these projects so schools can take action before the next disaster strikes.” “Building safe rooms will help protect Missourians in communities that are often hit by severe storms andÃÂ ...
Springfield News-Leader
January 18, 2018
Three southwest Missouri school districts seeking federal funding to build tornado "safe rooms" garnered support from top state officials Wednesday. ... “Given the devastating damage we've seen previously from tornadoes in southwest Missouri, it's important that FEMA approve these projects so schoolsÃÂ ...
Joplin Globe
January 13, 2018
Using data collected in Joplin after the tornado, a team based at Ozark Center and the University of Missouri found that survivors who discussed their experiences with friends, family and neighbors were more likely to experience growth in addition to traumatic stress. Not all tornado survivors experiencedÃÂ ...
SiliconANGLE News (blog)
January 13, 2018
Much of the company's work so far has been centered on fast-moving weather events such as tornadoes and hailstorms, which can come on unexpectedly, end abruptly and cause extensive damage in just a few minutes. The company said its sensors can detect a developing tornado 30 to 60 minutes inÃÂ ...
Newsweek
January 12, 2018
Prosecutors are launching a criminal investigation into the behavior of the Missouri governor accused of blackmailing a mistress with a nude photo, the St. Louis circuit attorney announced on Thursday. Eric Greitens, the Republican governor of Missouri, acknowledged the affair on Wednesday night afterÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
January 7, 2018
Former employees of the Missouri hospital where Robert Weaver says he worked for nine years question his account. ... The hospital could not confirm details of Weaver's employment because their records were destroyed in a massive tornado in 2011 that left 158 dead and over a thousand injured.
Hidden Remote
December 27, 2017
It all begins when the Raneys make their way out to Missouri's tornado alley where they hope to help one young couple with no food, water or power, terrified by a bear and at the mercy of killer storms. Hoping to take care of all of the obstacles in the way, the family look to divide an conquer to cover as muchÃÂ ...
KETV Omaha
December 19, 2017
After exchanging some text messages, Chavarria figured out Bergman was in Kansas City, Missouri. Bergman says Koda was in her backyard and was covered in ice. She took Koda to the vet. “I listened to my voice messages and there was a call from the vet she took him to, saying that they scanned him came up as heÃÂ ...
Gizmodo
December 18, 2017
Strategically place a ring of fans around a roaring fire and you can turn a relaxing way to toast marshmallows into a terrifying tornado of flames. The effect is even more fascinating in super-slow motion, and when you toss a tiny plastic ATV into the flames, it ends up looking like a stunt from a HollywoodÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 15, 2017
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Federal officials have granted Joplin's request for a deadline extension on several federally funded tornado recovery projects. Sens. Claire McCaskill, a ... The two U.S. senators from Missouri had urged FEMA to take a serious look at Joplin's request for more time. About $1 million inÃÂ ...
Missourinet.com
December 5, 2017
A tornado has destroyed homes in northern Missouri's Randolph County. Local emergency management director Jim Cherrier says the National Weather Service has surveyed the damage to confirm Monday night's tornado. “A narrow tornado passed from Higbee through Renick, across Highway 63,ÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2017
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least two tornadoes touched down in Missouri Monday evening as a line of severe storms with ... Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Ryan Jewell said the first tornado was reported around 7:20 p.m. near Platte City, about 20 miles north ofÃÂ ...
Joplin Globe
December 31, 1999
In the context of a decadeslong shift in Earth's climate, Inhofe's snowball, an individual EF5 tornado and even a season's worth of American tornadoes don't prove anything on their own. Individual data points can tell us as much about climate trends as a single printed letter can tell us about the contents of aÃÂ ...
KY3
December 31, 1999
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for part of northern Arkansas. The watch lasts through 11 p.m. Sunday. It covers Benton (Ark.), Boone, Carroll, Madison, and Washington Counties. A powerful low pressure system and cold front is organizing to our west.
OzarksFirst.com
December 31, 1999
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Typically, when there's a storm coming, Lee Belle and his family head straight for the underground storm shelter. "We can go down there and play cards,” Belle told KOLR10, Monday. “It's got this double latch door on it so you can latch it from the inside." However, on Sunday night,ÃÂ ...
The Weather Channel
December 31, 1999
Earlier Sunday afternoon, hail up to nickel size was observed in several parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, though damage had not been reported. A confirmed EF1 tornado downed trees and damaged buildings near the southwest Missouri town of Hoberg, located roughly halfway between the citiesÃÂ ...
Missourinet.com
December 31, 1999
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — The National Weather Service office in Springfield has deployed assessment teams today to survey storm damage from a possible tornado in southwest Missouri. On Sunday night, National Weather service radar indicated a tornado likely touched down briefly near Mount Vernon.
Science Daily
December 31, 1999
The 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, was one of the most destructive in U.S. history -- killing 161 people, injuring 1,150 and destroying approximately one-third of the city's homes. Individuals who experience such disasters can exhibit a range of mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress. NowÃÂ ...
Philly.com
December 20, 2017
Donald “D.A.” Jones, 62, of Willingboro, pleaded guilty Monday in Springfield, Mo., to conspiring to steal from an organization that receives federal funds. As in the Pennsylvania-based case involving Brady, federal prosecutors in Missouri said Jones hid his misdeeds through sham consulting agreementsÃÂ ...
Gizmodo
December 19, 2017
Strategically place a ring of fans around a roaring fire and you can turn a relaxing way to toast marshmallows into a terrifying tornado of flames. The effect is even more fascinating in super-slow motion, and when you toss a tiny plastic ATV into the flames, it ends up looking like a stunt from a HollywoodÃÂ ...
AOL
December 18, 2017
PERRYVILLE, MO - MARCH 01: A utility pole was downed during last night's tornado on March 1, 2017 in Perryville, Missouri. ... PERRYVILLE, MO - MARCH 01: A shed for farm equipment on Pcr 906 collapsed and metal sheeting was tangled in trees after last night's tornado, on March 1, 2017 in Perryville,ÃÂ ...
ABC17News.com
December 5, 2017
HIGBEE, Mo. - Emergency Management Association officials confirmed a tornado touched down in Higbee on Monday night. According to the officials, the tornado ... Charrier said December tornadoes are rare, but Monday night's storm was a violent reminder that residents must be prepared at all times.
Missourinet.com
December 5, 2017
A tornado has destroyed homes in northern Missouri's Randolph County. Local emergency management director Jim Cherrier says the National Weather Service has surveyed the damage to confirm Monday night's tornado. “A narrow tornado passed from Higbee through Renick, across Highway 63,ÃÂ ...
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