COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Severe storms rolled through Springfield, Missouri, on Sunday and some Mid-Missouri cities have offered their services to help.
The cities of Columbia and Fulton announced on its social media pages on Monday that it sent utility crews to Springfield.
“The City of Fulton is proud to support our neighbors in Springfield following the recent severe weather. This morning, members of our team joined a 37-person mutual aid crew deployed to assist with power restoration efforts. We’re grateful for their dedication and proud of the way they represent Fulton—demonstrating what it truly means to proudly serve you, especially when it matters most,” Director of Administration Courtney Doyle was quoted in the Fulton post.
The City of Springfield wrote in a social media post that 37,000 electric customers were without power during the outage’s peak. It wrote that 90 of its own utility crew members worked overnight…