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Five people were killed in a predawn tornado that ripped through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday (April 5), shearing off roofs, splintering trees and taking down power lines in devastated Bollinger County, officials said.
First responders from multiple agencies combed through destroyed homes and businesses in the rural area that Missouri Governor Mike Parson said faces “a long journey ahead” toward recovery.
Five people were also injured and 87 structures damaged with 12 of those buildings destroyed, said Eric Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Photographs on social media from Glen Allen, Missouri – a village about 110 miles (177 km) south of St. Louis – showed severely damaged houses with roofs torn off, downed trees and power lines and debris covering roadways and yards.
A week before, a tornado devastated a Mississippi Delta town, killing 26 people.