The tornado strafed a 22-mile (35-kilometer) stretch of land and destroyed much of the tiny rural village of Glenallen shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
A tornado ripped through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least five people and causing widespread destruction as the third in a series of deadly massive storms over the past two weeks struck the nation's heartland.
I asked you guys the other day what you remembered about the tornado that hit our area on May 4, 1977. It took a few days, but there have been a lot of very interesting, very scary stories that came straight from you.
Missouri Department of Public Safety agencies are continuing to support local responders in Perryville, Mo., where there is significant damage due to a tornado that hit the area Tuesday night.