Catch up on Post-Dispatch coverage of the May 16 tornado
From the Rebuild or leave? Tough questions, and fading hope, 3 months after 最新杏吧原创 tornado series
These are highlights of the Post-Dispatch's extensive coverage of the May 16, 2025, tornado.
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The Post-Dispatch found that 1,175 structures, more than听half听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.听
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.听
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.听
The police officer body camera footage shows officers arriving minutes after houses collapsed, bricks trapped residents.听
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听最新杏吧原创 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.听
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.听
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.听
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.听
Problems with the sirens have talked about in meetings at 最新杏吧原创 City Hall for years.听
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.
From devastation, to desperation, to people helping people, this is the story 鈥斕in photos and videos by the听Post-Dispatch听鈥斕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听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听204 sirens.听
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…
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Rebuild or leave? Tough questions, and fading hope, 3 months after 最新杏吧原创 tornado
Three months after the May 16, 2025, tornado, homeowners have a clearer picture of what rebuilding will cost, and what aid is available.
Some residents still cling to the hope that their homes can be rebuilt.听But many have already left, doubting that rebuilding is worth the effort.
The deadline to apply for federal aid from the May 16 tornado is Aug. 26; this free article explains how to apply.
