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Federal grant to provide $2 million to repair roads damaged by Joplin tornado reconstruction
A grant of $2 million from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) will be used to repair roads in Duquesne, a small Missouri community that was struck by the EF-5 tornado that also decimated nearby Joplin in May 2011. Heavy equipment and heavy loads passing through Duquesne damaged the city’s roads during debris removal following […]
May 29, 2015
Business
Government agency recommends updates to U.S. building codes after study of Joplin tornado
Information gathered after an extensive study of the costliest tornado on record could lead to new building and construction standards as early as 2016. The May 22, 2011 tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri was rated EF-5—the most powerful rating available from the National Weather Service—with winds between 200 and 205 miles per hour. The […]
June 12, 2014
Business
Joplin, Missouri has seen more than $1 billion in construction since devastating tornado
In the wake of the EF-5 tornado that devastated the community of Joplin, Missouri on the afternoon of May 22, 2011, it was hard for most to know where to begin in order to dig out of the destruction. The storm killed 158 people and changed the look and feel of the city forever. But […]
April 3, 2014
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