FedEx Freight | Wreck in Springfield MO
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REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A line of damaging storms hundreds of miles long continues to sweep south through Missouri overnight. The storms have downed trees and power lines, caused some flooding and left tens of thousands of Missourians without power.
In Republic, thunderstorm winds measured at 59 miles an hour knocked out power to 1,700, according to Empire District Electric Company.
Ozark Electric Company reported 1,500 customers without power in Greene County.
The City Utilities outage showed about 100 people without power in Springfield at 4:00 am.
Winds along the front of the storm were consistently between 50 and 75 miles per hour through Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Wind damage has been reported throughout the state. Some of the most significant reports came out of Hannibal, where law enforcement reported store front windows were broken out of three stores and several cars were moved, and in Sedalia, where two power poles caught fire as high winds whipped their lines.
At 2:30 a.m., Kansas City Power and Light reported more than 38,000 customers in Missouri without power, Ameren Missouri reported more than 22,000 customers without power in the St. Louis area and in central and north-central Missouri, and more than 15,000 customers of Columbia Water and Light were without power. The storms were only beginning to reach the Springfield area at that time.
One site said the driver was treated for minor injuries....
In Republic, thunderstorm winds measured at 59 miles an hour knocked out power to 1,700, according to Empire District Electric Company.
Ozark Electric Company reported 1,500 customers without power in Greene County.
The City Utilities outage showed about 100 people without power in Springfield at 4:00 am.
Winds along the front of the storm were consistently between 50 and 75 miles per hour through Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Wind damage has been reported throughout the state. Some of the most significant reports came out of Hannibal, where law enforcement reported store front windows were broken out of three stores and several cars were moved, and in Sedalia, where two power poles caught fire as high winds whipped their lines.
At 2:30 a.m., Kansas City Power and Light reported more than 38,000 customers in Missouri without power, Ameren Missouri reported more than 22,000 customers without power in the St. Louis area and in central and north-central Missouri, and more than 15,000 customers of Columbia Water and Light were without power. The storms were only beginning to reach the Springfield area at that time.
One site said the driver was treated for minor injuries....
