Biden approves Missouri disaster aid after November 2024 storms, tornadoes, winds, and flooding

President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Missouri on January 1, 2025, after severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding struck the state from November 3 to November 9, 2024. The declaration made federal public-assistance funding available for emergency work and repair or replacement of damaged facilities in Carter, Crawford, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Reynolds, Shannon, Texas, Washington, and Wright Counties. It also made hazard-mitigation funding available statewide. The action mattered because the storms and flooding killed people, damaged public infrastructure, and required federal cost-sharing before many local recovery costs could be reimbursed.