Paving crews have begun resurfacing a number of roads in Southaven which the city was able to bump up on the list using funds freed up by federal ARPA money
Winds more than 200 mph ripped through houses, apartments and businesses in communities such as Kansas City, Kansas, and Riverside, Parkville and Liberty, Missouri.
Tuesday marks the 18th anniversary of one of the most violent tornado outbreaks in Kansas City history.It was May 4, 2003.KMBC 9 First Alert chief meteorologist Bryan Busby, First Alert meteorologist Pete Grigsby and NewChopper 9 pilot Johnny Rowlands look back at the day 77 tornadoes touched down in nine states, with four of those tornadoes leaving massive destruction in the metro.Rowlands and NewsChopper 9 started tracking the storm as it formed by the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. There, it damaged homes in places like 91st Street and Leavenworth Road and 166th Street and Kansas Avenue.“I actually turned away from the storm to re-position, Rowlands said. And I turned back to the north and east, and right in front of me a couple of miles, it was touching down.”The storm didn’t stop there.“We were seeing damage that was frightening from the standpoint to think what it could be doing while we were still on the air,” Rowlands said.Rowlands said his job was to tell p