Disaster Relief

Over a dozen disaster responders from Missouri were sent south earlier this week. Storm winds from Hurricane Helene began to batter Florida and much of the southeastern part of the U.S. on Thursday.

St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Clair County will receive more than $112 million in federal funding to help families recover from flooding and build resiliency for low- and moderate-income populations. Federal officials say the funding will help address the damage from recent floods and help the region prepare for future disasters.

Spokesman Joe Zydlo said the blood supply has been steadily declining in recent months, with a significant decrease in first-time donors. He joined “St. Louis on the Air” with the latest.

The same storm system that hit Edwardsville and ravaged areas in Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee first reached tornado status near the community of Defiance.

President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration to help residents in 20 Missouri counties who have experienced major damage from tornadoes and…

Missouri residents forced from their homes by near-record flood levels will soon have access to a variety of disaster-recovery resources.The American Red…

The sirens started a little before 8 p.m. on the last night of February. Residents of Perry County, in southeastern Missouri, retreated to their basements…

If a major disaster were to strike the St. Louis area, odds are the St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center near Ballwin would be swarming with…

On a typical day in 2010, Joseph Volcy found himself sitting outside of his church after choir practice when he felt a great tremble, “like a bulldozer on…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 22, 2013: After only a week on the job, new SLU College of Public Health faculty member…