Kim Robinson loads a U-Haul truck with items from her tornado-damaged home on July 15, 2025, in the Academy neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创. Robinson needed to clear out the house so her insurance company and a structural engineer could inspect the damage to her home. Robinson says she bought the property in 2015 and hopes to rebuild.
ST. LOUIS 鈥 City officials on Thursday put out a call for landlords with extra apartments as the city races to find housing for hundreds if not thousands of tornado victims 鈥 and keep them in 最新杏吧原创 long-term.
鈥淚 put a bar of soap out about a month ago,鈥 said Jesse Anderson, who washes himself with water from a fire hydrant on July 10, 2025, in Fountain Park. Anderson said he moved from Arkansas to 最新杏吧原创 in December 2024 and his apartment in the Academy neighborhood was damaged by the tornado. The city installed portable toilets and sinks in the park and the fire department created a fountain at the hydrant to temporarily help residents of the area.
The Post-Dispatch found that 1,175 structures, more than聽half聽of those declared unsafe, were likely or definitely vacant before the May 16 tornado.
Kim Robinson loads a U-Haul truck with items from her tornado-damaged home on July 15, 2025, in the Academy neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创. Robinson needed to clear out the house so her insurance company and a structural engineer could inspect the damage to her home. Robinson says she bought the property in 2015 and hopes to rebuild.
鈥淚 put a bar of soap out about a month ago,鈥 said Jesse Anderson, who washes himself with water from a fire hydrant on July 10, 2025, in Fountain Park. Anderson said he moved from Arkansas to 最新杏吧原创 in December 2024 and his apartment in the Academy neighborhood was damaged by the tornado. The city installed portable toilets and sinks in the park and the fire department created a fountain at the hydrant to temporarily help residents of the area.
