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.

ST. LOUIS — Vanessa Brown-Livingston's eyes were filled with shock and sadness. She could not believe she was suddenly mourning her mother, 83-year-old Catherine Brown. "And we're tired, just exhausted, and we're now just trying to grieve for my mom," said Vanessa Brown-Livingston during an exclusive interview with 5 On Your Side.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Volunteer engineers and building inspectors from across the state have converged on St. Louis to examine every building damaged by the May 16 tornado

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.