Severe Weather

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Thursday expressed worries about when federal health could come to the parts of the city devastated by the destructive May 16 tornado.

FEMA arrived in St. Louis on Wednesday to review damage caused by last week’s tornado, which killed five people and damaged approximately 4,400 buildings.

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.

"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."

More than 5,000 homes were impacted, and 38 people were injured after an EF3 tornado tore across St. Louis.

A Friday afternoon storm left a wake of damage from Clayton to north St. Louis.

Rain is expected to fall over the St. Louis region through the weekend, bringing risks of wind, tornadoes, hail and floods.

Steve Templeton, the chief meteorologist at First Alert 4, moved to St. Louis in March 2006. Since that time, he's become one of the most respected meteorologists in St. Louis.

People in north St. Louis County are starting to recover after damage from a Friday afternoon fire in Bellefontaine Neighbors and a Friday night tornado that moved through several communities, including Florissant.