Before-and-after images highlight the damage to St. Louis, days after an EF-3 tornado tore through the city, leaving five people dead.

The National Weather Service received damage reports throughout the St. Louis metro of downed power poles and trees, large hail and damaged buildings.

A pair of construction workers in St. Louis had no choice but to sit tight when a tornado, which killed five, passed through the region on May 20.

St. Louisans, particularly in north city, were facing the daunting task of recovery from the storm's devastation, many without power and few resources.

A storm that produced a devastating tornado in the St. Louis, Missouri, area Friday afternoon has left at least five people dead and at least 10 injured, according to local authorities.

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Tornadoes that swept through Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia killed more than two dozen people, destroyed homes and left thousands without power as residents began clearing widespread storm damage.

Altogether, storms on May 16 caused seven deaths across Missouri and widespread damage in St. Louis and other areas ... declarations related to storms, tornadoes or flooding on March 14 and ...

The EF-3 twister was part of a massive outbreak sequence on May 18 that also spawned tornadoes in Kentucky, killing at least 19 people in that state and leveling the small town of London, about 80 miles south of Lexington.