‘Violent tornado’ delivers direct hit to Missouri’s Jefferson City

File photo. (clintspencer/iStock)(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — Missouri’s capital, Jefferson City, is picking up the pieces early Thursday after being hit by a “violent” tornado overnight. Tornado sirens went off in the city, with a population of about 42,000, at 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday, with the first damage in Cole County reported at about 11:38 p.m., …

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