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PrintJEFFERSON CITY — State and federal crews have found about 1,500 damaged or destroyed homes as a result of storms that tore through Missouri last weekend.
The storms, which produced dozens of tornadoes across the state, killed nine people while injuring 100.
Since Monday, damage reports have risen as state and federal emergency management officials have been able to survey the mostly rural areas affected by the storms. Through Friday, the State Emergency Management Agency reported that 391 homes had been destroyed and 1,100 damaged.
Christian County in southwest Missouri suffered the most damage, with 127 homes destroyed and an additional 138 damaged. The highest death toll was in Randolph County, where four people died, 16 homes were destroyed and 34 homes were damaged.
According to the Association of Missouri Rural Electric Cooperatives, power had been restored to its customers.
On Thursday, federal officials declared nine counties federal disaster areas, which allows homeowners to get federal assistance in rebuilding and receive disaster unemployment benefits. Federal money was made available to the state and local governments in seven other counties.
Friday, Gov. Matt Blunt re-quested federal aid for residents in an additional 23 counties.
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