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.

Debris kicked up during the storm and building materials from destroyed or damaged buildings can cause respiratory issues such as asthma flare-ups and infections.

Mayor Cara Spencer placed Emergency Management Commissioner Sarah Russell on paid administrative leave pending an external investigation into the actions of the agency during Friday’s deadly tornado.

The city has assigned its $500 million allocation to specific projects, but not all of the funding has been spent.

Dentists say adding fluoride to drinking water is a major benefit for healthy teeth, but opponents are having some success with local and statewide bans.

Each spring, Midwesterners head to the woods to find morel mushrooms. But some in the region are developing methods to reliably farm the delicacy.

AmeriCorps members were working on environmental education and habitat restoration at parks and nature centers in rural areas across the country. Now federal cuts have eliminated many of those positions.

The EF3 tornado caused at least $1 billion in damage in the city of St. Louis alone.

"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone."

A tornado ripped through parts of St. Louis, causing severe damage to homes, libraries, schools and more. Here’s a list of resources for those impacted and ways neighbors can help.