ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — The damage from last week’s tornado in St. Charles County is now estimated at more than $3.4 million. The suburban St. Louis County was among several areas of the Midwest and South ravaged by tornadoes and storms on Friday. A news release from the county on Wednesday said 26 structures…
EDWARDSVILLE, Il. (AP) — The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, after it was struck by a tornado on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized. OSHA will look into whether workplace safety rules were followed. OSHA…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson’s office says at least two people in Missouri have died and hundreds of homes and buildings are damaged or destroyed after a massive Friday night stormfront that killed dozens in several states. Parson’s office said a woman was killed at home in St. Charles County northwest of St.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 12-year-old girl swept away by flooding in St. Louis has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the girl was riding in a car on Interstate 70 near St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Saturday when the vehicle was swept into a large concrete storm drain. Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Juston…
BOSTON (AP) — Parts of northern New England are waiting their turn to be pummeled by a heavy winter storm. Tuesday’s snowfall comes as residents of the New York City region are digging out from under piles of snow that shut down public transport, canceled flights and closed coronavirus vaccination sites. The lumbering storm dropped…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Transportation continues to urge motorists to stay off of the roads if possible. Multiple traffic accidents are being reported with this latest round of winter weather. MODOT has more than 200 trucks on area roadways. Crews have been working around the clock and will continue to do…
St. Louis (KTRS) An excessive heat warning goes into effect Wednesday at 1 P.M. According to the National Weather Service, the warning will last until 8 P.M. Saturday, as heat indices are expected to reach 113 degrees, with temperatures topping out in the upper 90’s and dew points in the 70’s. You are urged to…
BROOKVILLE, OH (AP) — A rapid-fire line of apparent tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. The storms strew debris so thick that at one point, highway crews had to use snowplows to clear an interstate. At least half a dozen communities from…
St, Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for snow over the weekend. A winter storm watch has been issued from Saturday evening through Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service is calling for 4-7 inches of snow, along with sleet and freezing rain. Sleet accumulations of between 1/10 and 2/10 of an inch is…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north. The National Weather Service office in suburban St. Louis on Friday released its…