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Region 3 Update
February 29, 2012
A tornado touched down in Harveyville, KS, a rural town of 250-300 residents and destroyed approximately 50% of the town. One death was recorded.
February 29, 2012
Tornados struck Branson and Buffalo, MO, damaging in the entertainment area of Branson. Buffalo and surrounding communities suffered heavy damage. MDS volunteers responded in the Buffalo area.
April 14, 2012
Iowa had multiple tornados touch down. MDS investigated in Hedrick, Creston, and Thurman. Clean up work is going well and repair work is pending.
April 14, 2012
Multiple tornados touched down in OK. MDS volunteers worked at three locations. The clean up work is progressing well and further work is pending.
April 14, 2012
Ninety-eight tornados touched down in Kansas in a 24-hour period. Multiple sites were investigated and clean up work was done in rural Moundridge.
March 23-25, 2012
A Unit Board Officer Training Seminar was held in Minnesota. Good attendance and valuable information was shared.
April 19-22, 2012
Region III Director, Al Kroeker, joined Executive Director, Kevin King, at a meeting in Albuquerque to establish a New Mexico Unit. Officers were put in place, and a number of Church contact people volunteered to help with establish the new Board.
Region III News
Update on North Dakota Floods from Region V directors
As you are aware a tornado struck Northwood, North Dakota (35 miles South West of Grand Forks ) on August 26, 07. That following Sunday, Ben Funk, made an investigative trip to Northwood. It was his initial sense that there...[more]
Regional Statistics
Regional Statistics
Area: 1,258,298 square miles
Units: 15
Congregations: 477 in MDS database Most common disasters: tornadoes, floods, wildfires, ice storms
Biggest disasters: tornadoes, Oklahoma City, 1999; Midwest flooding involving Missouri and Iowa, 1993
2006 major local responses: cleanup and tarping after tornadoes, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
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