People need help and we are helping,” said Cornelius Coleman, who uses a sledge hammer to break apart a tree blocking a resident’s home on the 5200 block of Enright Avenue on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in the Academy neighborhood of St.

The mayor said a major part of the storm response is building inspection, adding that the priority of that team is to provide information to keep residents and workers safe, not to remove anyone from their homes.

Hundreds of homes in the path of Friday’s tornado are still in dire need of emergency repairs. Jake Wheeler, whose family owns properties near Fountain Park, noticed that many of the homes north of Delmar,

ST. LOUIS — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe was in town for the second time since the storm hit. He visited the Ville neighborhood and spent some time with volunteers on Thursday. On the anniversary of the Joplin and Jefferson City tornadoes, Kehoe said the damage in St. Louis reached a grim milestone.

A pair of construction workers in St. Louis had no choice but to sit tight when a tornado, which killed five, passed through the region on May 20.

Craig Cole was at the convenience store in his neighborhood of Fountain Park when the storm alerts went off on his phone. He ran to his royal blue Ram truck parked outside.

On the 14th anniversary of the deadly Joplin tornado, St. Louis is contending with its own catastrophe. A Joplin survivor recounts what recovery looks like.

As St. Louis hits the one-week mark since a deadly tornado cut through a wide swath of the city, city officials say that they have fully pivoted from response