City of Glasgow declares local state of emergency
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The City of Glasgow in Howard County declared a state of emergency on Monday afternoon as more storms were entering the area.
The city wrote in a social media post that that damage was reported to several buildings, including “substantial damage to the water tower” and downed power lines.
“This event has caused the City of Glasgow to be without power and water, which impacts all of the service to the City,” the city wrote online.”
The city wrote in another post that power could be out within city limits for two-to-three days.
The city wrote that crews will be working through the night to restore power. The 2020 Census shows that nearly 1,100 people live in the town. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ outage map shows an outage for Howard Electric Cooperative affecting 47 customers.