just ahead, powerful storms sweeping across parts of the u.s. with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind and we will speak to a meteorologist on the ground. the u.s. is warning china it could face cost if it provides aid to russia for the war on ukraine and in-laws charged in murder with the gruesome chilling of model abby choi. thanks for being with us and we begin this hour with a crust storm system damaging oklahoma kansas and texas. at least nine tornadoes have been reported so far, 7 in oklahoma and two in kansas. there are reports of widespread damage down power lines and did i bree blocking roads in norman, home to oklahoma s largest university. 10s of thousands of people statewide are without power. and wind gust of 114 miles per hour was reported in northern texas in the town of memphis. more than 115 storms have been reported across the southern plains and more than 65 million people are under high wind alerts. on the phone is max unger meteo
EDEN — A North Carolina-based non-profit group put free custom-built touchpad computers into the hands of five dozen preschoolers at Douglass Elementary School here on Thursday.
february. presumably some much stronger than others so how do people in your state deal with these sorts of extreme weather conditions and how much support do they get from city officials? yes, so we really always tell everyone at the weather service to be always prepared for the worst and we really always want to tell people to be prepared for when storms hit have a readiness kit, seek shelter, be weather aware and have a man for when storms approach. we know it s unusual but we can t have these type of events throughout the year especially toward early spring they re going to come more so have a plan. talk to us about the shelters. what do people go to specific schools? where are these shelters in each city? yes, we advise people in their homes when you re looking at shelters in that interior
COLUMBIA â Columbia City Council is looking at funding five organizations with $460,537, to provide social services to the community. The organizations plan to get the funding July 1, 2021.
Three of those organizations want to focus some or all its money, which comes from the council s fiscal year 2021 budget, on rental assistance.Â
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 30% of Missourians are either homeless or use more than half of their income to pay for housing, and 176,800 people in Missouri use federal rental assistance.
Rock the Community, Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) and Love Columbia plan to use their funds for rental assistance.