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1 week ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Lacretia Wimbley
were in St. Louis city and county this past week assessing storm impact, and will return next week to continue gauging damage to public buildings, bridges and other infrastructure. The city assessor’s office estimated at least $1 billion in property damage from the storm. It typically takes a few weeks from the time a disaster occurs for the president to approve a major disaster declaration.
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2 weeks ago |
kcur.org | Lacretia Wimbley
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Saturday that the state National Guard will help remove and sort through debris for two weeks starting next week after a tornado devastated the St. Louis region on May 16. Up to 41 members of the 35th Engineer Brigade will arrive in the city on Wednesday, Kehoe said. A state National Guard liaison officer has assisted the city with evaluating relief needs since May 20.
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2 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Lacretia Wimbley
Tina Turner says she’ll miss her sister’s smile the most. 60-year-old Rena Scott-Lyles had a gap between her two front teeth — a trait she shared with her younger sister Turner until Scott-Lyles died during Friday’s deadly tornado. “Hers (is) a little bit wider than mine,” Turner said. “No matter what she was going through, she knew how to mask it through that smile.
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2 weeks ago |
kcur.org | Lacretia Wimbley
Tina Turner says she'll miss her sister's smile the most. 60-year-old Rena Scott-Lyles had a gap between her two front teeth — a trait she shared with her younger sister Turner until Scott-Lyles died during Friday's deadly tornado. "Hers (is) a little bit wider than mine," Turner said. "No matter what she was going through, she knew how to mask it through that smile.
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2 weeks ago |
kbia.org | Will Bauer |Lacretia Wimbley |Hiba Ahmad
Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency will survey and assess the damage caused by an EF3 tornado in the St. Louis region and other parts of Missouri, beginning on Wednesday. When the survey is complete, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said on Monday that his office will ask for a major disaster declaration from President Donald Trump, which would unlock more federal assistance. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley called on the government to speed up its process.
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