Governor Mike Parson tells Brownfield he decided to activate the National Guard to help with flood and tornado recovery because of the exhaustion of civilian resources and because of additional weekend levee breaches. “It’s just tough right now across Missouri with the flooding that’s happening on both sides of the state, then you have the tornadoes on top of that that we’re dealing with over the weekend,” Governor Parson told Brownfield Ag News, “and we really felt the guard would come out and could be very helpful.” Parson, who activated the National Guard Monday, says local responders and volunteers have worked for months helping with flooding, and now tornado issues.
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