ST. LOUIS 鈥 One by one, 88 rows of copper panels are being carefully placed聽on the domed roof of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center on Skinker Boulevard in 最新杏吧原创. The building and roof were damaged in the May 16 tornado that tore across 最新杏吧原创.聽
Architectural sheet metal workers Danny Linneman, top, and Brendan Hickey install new copper on the dome of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center in the 200 block of S. Skinker Boulevard in 最新杏吧原创 on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The May 16th tornado significantly damaged the roof of the building, which was punctured by flying debris.聽Work to install the 88 panels of copper on the dome is expected to be completed in January.
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Architectural sheet metal workers Danny Linneman, left, and Brendan Hickey install new copper on the dome of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center in the 200 block of South Skinker Boulevard in 最新杏吧原创 on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The May 16 tornado significantly damaged the roof of the building, which was punctured by flying debris.聽Work to install the 88 panels of copper on the dome is expected to be completed in January.
Architectural sheet metal workers Danny Linneman, top, and Brendan Hickey install a new copper on the dome of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center in the 200 block of S. Skinker Boulevard in 最新杏吧原创 on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The May 16th tornado significantly damaged the roof of the building, which was punctured by flying debris.聽Work to install the 88 panels of copper on the dome is expected to be completed in January.
A damaged original stained-glass window from 1925 sits inside the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center,聽in the 200 block of South Skinker Boulevard聽just west of Forest Park, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, after the building was hit by winds from a tornado the day before. Jody Sowell, President and CEO, said no artifacts were damaged in either this building or the Missouri History Museum, both of which had roof damage.
LEFT: A damaged original stained glass window from 1925 sits inside the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center, on Skinker Blvd. just west of Forest Park, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, after the building was hit by winds from a tornado the day before. RIGHT: Ryan Green of Rogers Construction helps board up a stained glass window in the damaged Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center, on the same day.
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Catch up on Post-Dispatch coverage of the May 16 tornado
These are highlights of the Post-Dispatch's extensive coverage of the May 16, 2025, tornado.
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Soldan and Sumner high schools sustained the most damage and are not expected to reopen until spring 2027.
One 最新杏吧原创 agency will hire four full-time crisis counselors to canvas neighborhoods and attend community events.
The hope is to reopen them by year's end.聽But with more than $2 million in damage and repair funding unclear, "that's going to be a challenge."
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.
"There's still debris on the street. FEMA hasn't followed up with city officials. There are individuals who qualify for assistance, and their claims aren't being processed."
Staff at the 最新杏吧原创 Development Corp. said the new program is aiming for speedy rehabs of land bank properties after the May tornado.聽
More than three months after a deadly storm came through, North 最新杏吧原创 restaurants are wondering if they鈥檒l ever be able to fully recover.
Columnist Bill McClellan writes: So where would 最新杏吧原创 get the dough? I鈥檇 start with the Rams money.
The city is looking to open up 250 units over the next couple of months. Much more may be necessary.
The federal government would cover much of that, but a quarter 鈥 about $180 million 鈥 would be borne by the city and state. The new estimate is already complicating plans for the rest of the recovery.聽
The report cites 鈥渕ultiple cascading failures at almost every level leading up to and even after the" May 16 tornado in 最新杏吧原创.
Mayor Cara Spencer said the money would pay for home repairs, rental assistance and resource hubs distributing supplies, among other things.
Residents will have to keep waiting for debris to be entirely cleared, officials say, as the city is still scrambling to address the scope of the cleanup required.
Friendship between handyman and attorney leads to Go Fund Me page to help keep people in their houses.聽
The police officer body camera footage shows officers arriving minutes after houses collapsed, bricks trapped residents.聽
ST. LOUIS 鈥 The city鈥檚 top fiscal body approved plans to spend $30 million in interest on the Rams relocation settlement on tornado relief.
The tornado made hundreds of people functionally homeless, in a city where many were already without shelter. 鈥淭his was a crisis before the tornado hit."
最新杏吧原创 Public Schools said they鈥檙e 鈥渞e-housing鈥 students who attended schools in some of the hardest-hit areas of last month鈥檚 tornado.
The glory and grit of聽最新杏吧原创 brick has made the material a target that can fetch premium prices.
最新杏吧原创 artists and creative professionals face losses and find ways to support the community in the aftermath of the tornado.聽
Johnel Langerston has run a youth education and basketball after-school and summer program for over 10 years in College Hill. The tornado damage is only the latest obstacle he鈥檚 faced.聽
最新杏吧原创鈥 interim economic development chief also said officials are considering reviving a controversial program to repair neglected private property.聽
Here's a look at the news two weeks after an EF-3 tornado hit areas of 最新杏吧原创 on May 16, 2025. Video by Allie Schallert, Post-Dispatch
Most of the portion of 最新杏吧原创 hit by the tornado was already losing population. Reversing the trend will be harder now.聽
Problems with the sirens have talked about in meetings at 最新杏吧原创 City Hall for years.聽
The Shelley House played a role in paving the way for minority homeownership. After the tornado, residents on the street try to save their family histories.
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From devastation, to desperation, to people helping people, this is the story 鈥斅in photos and videos by the聽Post-Dispatch聽鈥斅of the first two weeks since an EF-3 tornado left a path of destruction through 最新杏吧原创 on May 16, 2025.
鈥淚 hope 最新杏吧原创ans can remember聽the joyous, heart-warming, heart-breaking moments experienced on streets now scarred by a tornado.鈥
"I know I don鈥檛 have a home anymore, but it鈥檚 still mind-boggling. I feel like I鈥檓 in a movie, like I鈥檓 living somebody else鈥檚 life."
The sheer number of uninsured properties will complicate recovery in neighborhoods that were already among the poorest in the 最新杏吧原创 region.
The City of 最新杏吧原创 has 60 outdoor sirens and the county has聽204 sirens.聽
Satellite imagery shows the May 16 tornado damage.
See drone footage of tornado damage to the Fountain Place, Academy, DeBaliviere Place, and Central West End neighborhoods of 最新杏吧原创, one da…
Drone video footage compares how neighborhoods and parks around 最新杏吧原创 have changed -- or not -- about six weeks after the May 16, 2025 tornado.
