Authorities said three people were found dead and one injured outside Golden City. Officials said a tornado damaged homes in Carl Junction, Missouri, near Joplin and moved through Oronogo and Golden City. Weather Service Meteorologist Cory Rothstein in Springfield, Missouri, said a tornado touched down Wednesday night near Treece, a southeast Kansas ghost town on the Oklahoma border, and then moved northeast.

The National Weather Service says it’s possible that a tornado that left three people dead and one injured in southwest Missouri had a 50-mile path. Fourteen people died after their vehicles plunged into the water. Over Memorial Day weekend in 2002, a barge struck the Interstate 40 bridge pier at Webbers Falls, causing part of the bridge to collapse into the Arkansas River. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says the Interstate 40 bridge and a state highway bridge remain closed over the Arkansas River at Webber Falls. The two barges became stuck in rocks overnight but somehow broke loose Thursday morning as crews tried to secure them.Īerial footage from Tulsa television station KOTV shows the pair of barges, apparently still tied together, floating slowly down the river. The barges near Webbers Falls first became loose Wednesday night, and officials had warned it would be “catastrophic” if they collided with a nearby dam. Watson didn’t yet have details about how many people were staying at the third shelter, at the Eldon Community Center.Īn Oklahoma town says two barges are again loose and headed down the swollen Arkansas River toward a dam. Thirty-two people were staying at a shelter at an Eldon elementary school. Spokeswoman Sharon Watson says 50 people were at the Jefferson City shelter as of late morning.

The American Red Cross opened one shelter in Jefferson City and two in Eldon. The National Weather Service said it was the same storm that hit Jefferson City, though it’s not clear whether it was the same tornado. Tornadoes caused significant damage overnight in Missouri’s capital city of Jefferson City and in Eldon, a town of about 4,900 residents around 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest. More than 80 people are staying in shelters in central Missouri after tornadoes ripped through the region.

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