Rental homes, trailers an option for Missouri residents, FEMA says | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "JOPLIN, Mo. -- Some of the people left homeless by the Joplin tornado could be placed in rental homes nearly an hour's drive away, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers, as it did for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, if enough homes are not available."
FEMA's first option for housing thousands of displaced people is to find rental housing within a 55-mile radius of Joplin. There isn't much housing left in the city of nearly 50,000 residents that was left badly damaged by the May 22 tornado, spokeswoman Susie Stonner said. Nearly a third of the city was damaged by the storm.
Stonner said that despite the distance, putting people in permanent housing is preferable to trailers -- especially in an area prone to tornadoes and severe weather.
Meanwhile, the number of people unaccounted for after the tornado is down to 29.
Missouri Department of Public Safety Deputy Director Andrea Spillars also said Monday that the number of remains is still 146, but that some could be duplicates. As a result, Spillars says she cannot confirm how many people died.
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