BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Office of Emergency Management held a damage assessment exercise Saturday in multiple neighborhoods across the county from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. Those neighborhoods include Hillview Acres in unincorporated Boone County, Smithton Ridge and Bellwood in Columbia, and Palomino Ridge in Ashland. According to a press release from
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VICHY, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service is officially classifying parts of the storm that hit Maries County as an EF-2 tornado. The call was made Sunday afternoon after reviewing damage and windspeeds from Saturday’s weather. A local storm report from the agency clarifies that most of the tornado’s path caused EF-1 damage, then some
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You know tornadoes are categorized using “EF,” but what does that mean?
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With dual-polarization radar coming about in the early 2010s, we can now confirm when a tornado is doing damage. This helps out tremendously when tracking nighttime tornadoes.
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The Columbia Fire Department and other local agencies have precautions in place if a tornado touched down.
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The River City Habitat for Humanity is nearly doubling down on its regular home builds this year after the tornado that struck Jefferson City last May.
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A contract has been awarded for the demolition of 415 E. Ashley St. in Jefferson City, which was officially declared a blight on the neighborhood in 2016.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than six months after an EF-3 tornado and historic flooding in mid-Missouri, an estimated 150 households will need long term assistance. The Miller and Cole County Long-Term Disaster Recovery Committee, a coalition of not-for-profit organizations, is providing victims and families with disaster case management. Ann Bax, president of the United
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River City Habitat for Humanity received a disaster recovery grant from the United Way on Friday. The $20,000 grant will go towards hiring a part-time assistant construction manager to focus on tornado recovery projects. “It has been a whirlwind, the past six months, just dealing with the families and their stories and knowing that there
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of 1716 Four Seasons Dr. plans to secure the property after Jefferson City declared the building dangerous and put an abatement on it last week. The large office building has an estimated 4 to 5 million dollars in damage from the May 22 EF3 tornado, said the Illinois-based real
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tornado damage and flooding made 2019 a devastating year for the Show-Me State. Through it all, Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency continues to help people pick up the pieces. On the night of May 22, SEMA director Ron Walker said workers at the agency closely watched the storm system move across
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