Weather

The rules will affect new residential construction projects funded by the federal Housing and Rural Development agency. Now, lawmakers are pushing the agency that oversees the nation’s two largest mortgage backers to adopt similar measures.

Several thousand Amren utility customers remain without power in southeast Missouri after severe storms swept through the area over the weekend. Stoddard County is the most widely affected with nearly 35% of their customers without power as of Monday night.

Southeast Kansas is expected to receive between 1-2 inches of rain, while southwest and central Missouri are forecast to get between 4-6 inches.

The National Drought Monitor estimates nearly 1.3 million Kansans reside in drought areas. Missouri, with double the population of it's neighbor to the west has just 36,000 living in dry areas.

Whether you rent, or own FEMA’s Flood Map is a good resource to try and understand whether it makes sense to purchase for your home.