JEFFERSON CITY (MODR) – Missouri has certainly experienced its share of violent weather this spring, keeping Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers on their toes. News sources report a record number of tornadoes striking the state in 2025. According to one meteorologist, there had been close to 90 tornadoes of various sizes just through May 20. Those include tornadoes in Arnold, Delta, Des Arc, Doniphan, Monett, Piedmont, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Sikeston, Springfield, Villa … [Read more...]
‘Good people, good workers’: Glenallen residents blessed by Missouri DR volunteers
GLENALLEN – In the early morning hours of April 5, a tornado touched down in the Southeast Missouri town of Glenallen, beginning its path of destruction on the farm of Stanley and Kim Long. It crossed fields, passing by cows with newborn calves, ripping out trees and destroying farm outbuildings before hitting the adjoining family farm. Brenda Kay Long, Stanley’s mother, was thankfully taking shelter at his home. The tornado, classified by the National Weather Service as an EF-2, … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief volunteers ‘rebuild’ homes affected by Hayti tornado
HAYTI HEIGHTS – On the evening of Dec. 12, 2021, a devastating EF4 tornado ripped through the small Bootheel town of Hayti Heights in southern Missouri’s Pemiscot County. The giant wedge tornado began its destruction in Jonesboro, Ark. and made its way more than 260 miles to western Kentucky. Although much of its path scoured wide open fields, the December tornado did leave survivors reeling in Hayti with damages to their homes. Tom Malott, whose primary job with MODR is to oversee one of … [Read more...]
DR recovery teams respond to St. Louis flash flooding
BRIDGETON – Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) teams are cleaning up after more than a foot of rain hit parts of the St. Louis area Tuesday, July 26. The National Weather Service is calling the flash flooding that took place along the I-70 corridor historic. They said it broke records at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport, with approximately two inches of rain falling per hour. St. Peters had the largest total at 12.34, with many other areas receiving 10-12 inches. Motorists … [Read more...]