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Clay directs attention to local tornado victims, deadline for federal help

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 25, 2011 - With all the attention now directed at the tornado-generated tragedy in Joplin,…

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon talk with police outside Saint .John's Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri on May 23.

Recovery efforts in Joplin continue with more storms forecasted

Updated at 5:16 p.m. with gallery of aerial photographs from msnbc.com.Updated at 4:29 p.m. with information on multi-vortex designation from the National…

USGS 2008 earthquake hazard map showing a high risk zone along the new Madrid fault (PGA, 2% in 50 years).

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri participates in national earthquake drill

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is holding drills across six states this week to see how prepared they are for a major earthquake along the New…

Government, Politics & Issues

Number of 'disaster' declarations picks up

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 17, 2011 - WASHINGTON - After a tornado cut a destructive swath through St. Louis County and…

Government, Politics & Issues

Controversy swirls in the wake of Bootheel levee breach

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 5, 2011 - As several feet of muddy floodwaters inundated parts of the Birds Point-New Madrid…

mbers of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri National Guard survey a levy breach in Butler County, Missouri on April 26, 2011. The levee along the Black River has breached in several places, forcing authorities to evacuate residents.

Morning headlines: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Army Corps of Engineers to Decide on Levee Breach this WeekendThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will wait until this weekend to decide whether to punch a…

Resident Ron Henderson walks away from his home, totally destroyed, three days after a tornado devastated this area of Bridgeton, Missouri on April 25, 2011. Teams from FEMA are now in the St. Louis area to assess damage from last week's tornadoes.

FEMA teams in St. Louis to assess damage from tornadoes

Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are on the ground in St. Louis to assess the damage from last week's tornadoes. Their…

Economy & Business

FEMA agrees to levee map change that will benefit Metro East

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 11, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Federal officials have agreed to take uncertified levees into account…

Health, Science & Environment

FEMA shifts course on flood map modeling

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving a reprieve to southwestern Illinois and other U.S. areas guarded by levees it was to have deemed…

A woodcut depicting damage from the New Madrid series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate says the threat of earthquakes on the New Madrid fault remain. (Via Wikimedia Commons)

Health, Science & Environment

Threat of earthquakes to St. Louis region "real," says FEMA's Fugate

Some scientists say risks of another major earthquake from the New Madrid fault are minimal.But FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate insists the threat to the…