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Tom Ratermann, assistant director of Utilities for the city of Columbia, surveys damage done to the Material Recovery Facility on Monday in Columbia. On Monday afternoon, the city signed a declaration of emergency after the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Columbia on Sunday.

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Columbia to resume recycling pickup, recyclables to go to landfill for now

KOMU 8

The city of Columbia said it could take two to three years to build a new facility.

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Columbia City Council approves local emergency declaration

The Columbia Missourian

The declaration allowed the city to shut down recycling services indefinitely.

Tom Ratermann, the city’s assistant director of solid waste, said he received a call from his boss Sunday around 6 p.m. that law enforcement and the fire department were at the Material Recovery Facility to address the damages.

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Columbia recycling center, hit by storm, could change practices

Claire Powell

City of Columbia officials say Sunday’s storms destroyed the city’s Material Recovery Facility, and it may be days before they know what it’ll take to rebuild.

High winds main culprit in power outages at homes, businesses, airport

Ryan Famuliner

There have been numerous power outages in Mid-Missouri today as the area is experiencing a winter storm with high winds.Chris Rohlfing with Boone County…