When a tornado struck Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 161 people and causing about $2 billion in damage, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration the next day. That action ...

Residents at Clarence and Labadie Avenues assess the damage to their home after the May 16 tornado rolled through the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis. (Wiley Price/ St. Louis American) When a ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $62 million in funding to support recovery efforts for past ...

"It was completely sunny at headquarters. I didn't think that anything was it could have even happened," Angie Rodgers said. She's the executive director of the Scott County 911 Emergency Services ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) -Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe requested two federal disaster declarations for two storm systems that caused severe damage in southwest Missouri Saturday.

FEMA has recently denied Arkansas, West Virginia and Washington's requests for disaster declarations. But Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe says he feels "really good" about receiving federal help with tornado ...

Missouri's session paired two otherwise unrelated national trends -- a movement for new taxpayer-funded sports stadiums and a reevaluation of states' roles in natural disasters as President Donald ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Communities recovering from disasters and devastating events this year received many helping hands from the Red Cross in Kansas City and Northwest Missouri. Greater ...

When a tornado struck Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 161 people and causing about $2 billion in damage, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration the next day. That action ...