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.

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.

Weeks before, the administration slashed nearly $1 billion in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods.

The tornado that tore across the St. Louis area Friday reached EF3 intensity and a mile in width, the National Weather Service said after a damage survey.

The EF3 tornado that tore through the St. Louis region last week destroyed the Scott-Lyles family's legacy home — a house that had stood for over a century. 60-year-old Rena Scott-Lyles was killed while trying to run to her basement.

With thousands of insurance claims being filed this week after a tornado hit parts of St. Louis on May 16, Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Angela Nelson said it should be an easy process for Missouri tornado victims to file insurance claims.

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,

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,