Section 574.080 - Causing catastrophe - definitions - penalty1. A person commits the offense of causing catastrophe if he or she knowingly causes a catastrophe by explosion, fire, flood, collapse of a building, release of poison, radioactive material, bacteria, virus or other dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance.2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1)"Catastrophe", death or serious physical injury to ten or more people or substantial damage to five or more buildings or inhabitable structures or substantial damage to a vital public facility which seriously impairs its usefulness or operation;(2)"Vital public facility", includes a facility maintained for use as a bridge, whether over land or water, dam, reservoir, tunnel, communication installation or power station.3. The offense of causing catastrophe is a class A felony.Added by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.