Where’s FEMA? St. Louis mayor pleads for help from federal government after fatal tornado - Tornado caused over $1 billion in damages to the city

The EF3 tornado caused at least $1 billion in damage in the city of St. Louis alone. At the storm’s peak, more than 100,000 lost power. Five people were confirmed dead and dozens of residents were hospitalized with injuries.

You can view how Friday’s confirmed EF-3 tornado ripped through St. Louis with this aerial map compiled by Chesterfield-based Surdex Corporation, a

Clayton took the hardest hit in St. Louis County, but how did other suburbs fare in the wake of the devastating tornado?

"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."

On Friday afternoon, an EF-3 tornado struck parts of St. Louis City and County, leaving at least five dead, dozens injured, an estimated 5,000 buildings

Residents of North City are taking cleanup into their own hands as they await more substantial aid, with some questioning when significant assistance will arrive to help rebuild their devastated community.

Action St. Louis is collecting essential supplies at the O’Fallon Park Rec Complex to provide aid to families and businesses affected by recent tornadoes in St. Louis.

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.