Tornado

Still up in the air: Sunset Hills, a year after the tornado

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998063.mp3One year ago tomorrow a rare winter tornado tore through the St.…

The historic entrance arch to the Lewis Place neighborhood, which will receive state aid nearly a year after a tornado damaged 91 homes in the area.

Lewis Place finally receiving state aid

Rachel Lippmann

Nearly a year after a tornado damaged 91 homes in the area, residents of the Lewis Place neighborhood in north St. Louis are getting some help from the…

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon walks with resident Anthony Tumminia during a tour of tornado damage in Sunset Hills, Mo. on Jan. 1, 2011. Sunset Hills sustained damage to about 25 homes in a storm Dec. 31, 2010. Tumminia'a home was completely destroyed.

Mo. gets $5M disaster-recovery grant from FEMA

Missouri is getting more than $5 million from the federal government to help in the long-term recovery for people hit by tornadoes and flooding.The grant…

All the windows that were damaged by the EF-4 tornado that blasted Lambert Airport on Good Friday will be replaced by the Thanksgiving rush. The main terminal is pictured here on April 24, 2011.

Lambert repairs on schedule

Rachel Lippmann

The 12-month, $30-million repairs to a tornado-damaged Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are on time, and on budget, says the airport's director…

Joplin High School had a new name thanks to gaffers tape in Joplin, Missouri on June 8, 2011. The town continues to recover from the devastating May 22 tornado that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed over 160 people.

Government, Politics & Issues

Mo. college students, faculty wanted for Joplin relief this fall

Marshall Griffin

Missouri college students and staff are being asked to donate a weekend or a holiday this semester and take part in ongoing relief efforts in Joplin.On…

MSD is holding the first in a series of public hearings regarding a proposal that would increase customer wastewater rates to help fund more than a billion dollars in needed wastewater system investments.

Morning headlines: Monday, September 26, 2012

MSD holds public hearings on rate increaseThe Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's independent Rate Commission is holding the first in a series of…

Health, Science & Environment

Joplin tornado spurs weather service to make disaster-warning changes

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 20, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Finding that this spring's devastating Joplin tornado "offers important…

St. Louis County will test some of its new warning sirens this week. Pictured is a warning siren in Kansas.

St. Louis County to test sirens (again) this week

You may hear tornado sirens in St. Louis County again this week. But it won’t be because of bad weather.The county sounded the new sirens two weeks ago,…

Government, Politics & Issues

A flood of disasters pressures Congress to replenish FEMA

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 2, 2011 - WASHINGTON - A "perfect storm" of disasters and budget woes is high-pressuring…

Residents remove belongings three days after a tornado devastated the area of Bridgeton, Mo. on April 25, 2011.

April was record-setting month for tornadoes, included St. Louis-area twister

The U.S. set a record for the most tornadoes in one month in April.The final report for the month shows 753 twisters across the country, including a super…