Heavy Rain Hampers Tornado Recovery Efforts for Residents

FEMA returning to Nevada for disaster assist. following April tornado

NEVADA, Mo. (KOAM) - Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) are in Nevada today, June 5, for a key disaster recovery meeting following the April 2 tornado that caused widespread damage…

Heavy rain hampers tornado recovery efforts for residents

ST. LOUIS - The tornado that hit just weeks ago caused $1.6 billion in damage and in neighborhoods where homes are still covered in tarps. The heavy rain on Wednesday led to more water leaks and growing fears of mold and further structural damage. "It's just sad because a lot of people out here are homeless and stuff and they just leave it out here to get ruined and people could really use that stuff," said Corinne Murphy. Piles of donated cloth…

St. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 years

Residents at Clearence and Labadie Avenues assess the damage to their home after the May 16 tornado rolled through the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis. (Wiley Price/ St. Louis American)When a tornado struck Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 161 people and causing about $2 billion in damage, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration the next day. That action immediately made help available through the Federal Emergency Manage…

Trump Is Ignoring St Louis’s Devestating Tornado - The Sacramento Observer

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black(WIB) – One of the most destructive tornadoes in recent years tore a 23-mile path across urban St Louis on May 16, causing an estimated $1.6 billion in damages and killing five people. While it was not quite as powerful as the 2011 tornado that leveled much of Joplin, Mo., the St Louis twister is drawing comparisons.But despite the scale of the devastation, President Trump has yet to declare the tornado a federa…