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Tagged: storms

Weather
6:02 pm
Wed September 26, 2012

Storms cause outages, damage in St. Louis area

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Strong storms are blamed for power outages, hail and lightning damage in Missouri.

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Weather
8:46 am
Mon April 16, 2012

Alert systems help avoid severe weather damage

Storms caused multiple outbreaks of severe weather most of Sunday from Kansas to Minnesota.

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Education
8:45 am
Mon April 9, 2012

Joplin orders creation of new storm shelters

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Joplin residents approved a bond measures giving the local school district money to build storm shelters.

Joplin residents are getting an extra layer of security in storms thanks to their approval last week of a $62 million school bond issue.

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Weather
8:48 am
Fri March 2, 2012

In rural Stoddard County, sorting through the wreckage from the storms

Governor Jay Nixon greets residents like Charlotte Harty during a tour of wreckage in Stoddard County, Missouri.

The same storm that produced tornadoes in Harrisburg, Illinois and Branson, Missouri also struck  rural Stoddard County, Missouri. The National Weather Service confirmed the level EF - 03 tornado left a 21 mile stretch of destruction from Puxico to Bell City. As KRCU’s Jacob McCleland reports, residents are now sorting through the wreckage … and beginning to put their lives back together.

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