鈥淟ooking good,鈥 yells neighborhood regular Melvin, who notices the progress on the front wall rebuild on Darnell 鈥淗ardTimez鈥 Forest鈥檚 home on Sept. 29, 2025, in the Greater Ville neighborhood of north 51黑料. Forest is cobbling together FEMA money and contributions from his GoFundMe page to hire workers to slowly rebuild his home that was destroyed by the May 16 tornado.
ST. LOUIS 鈥 Everyone Pete Slowey called 鈥 the masons, the painters, the electricians 鈥 was busy.
Pete Slowey carries some of his family鈥檚 belongings back into their repaired house in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. The Sloweys were displaced from their home for more than five months while fixing damage from the May 16, 2025, tornado.
During a day of service for their school, Cardinal Ritter High School seniors Maleak Taylor, 18, left, and Terrell Ramey Jr., 17, clear tornado debris off sidewalks and lawns along Kensington Avenue on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Academy neighborhood of north 51黑料.
A mail carrier passes a tornado-damaged home in the 6400 block of Wydown Boulevard on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, as a roofing crew carts away slate tiles that were stripped off in preparation for re-roofing. The Clayton homeowner is opting to use non-slate material for the replacement.
A large tree stump from a downed tree is seen on Nov. 4, 2025, in the median of the 6300 block of Wydown Boulevard, across from St. Michael and St. George Episcopal Church. The May tornado snapped dozens of trees up and down the formerly tree-lined street, destroying the decades-old canopy that shaded homes and schools.
Pete Slowey paints walls in the primary bedroom of his family鈥檚 home in the 5700 block of Pershing Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Slowey did some of the work on the tornado-damaged house himself to speed the family鈥檚 return home.
Erin Johnson-Slowey sorts through moving boxes and belongings as her family begins moving back into their home in the 5700 block of Pershing Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.
Will Slowey, 9, rides his scooter as his family finally moved back into their tornado-damaged home on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. The house behind Will had its roof ripped off in the May 16 storm.
Luis Martinez helps lay bricks as workers rebuild the second floor walls of David Lester鈥檚 tornado-damaged home on Nov. 3, 2025, in the Fountain Park neighborhood. The home that was originally three stories high was reduced to one story by the storm, and Lester is slowly rebuilding it.
Justin Johnson with Owen Bricklaying & Tuckpointing LLC installs a new flue liner on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, while working on Michael Thompson鈥檚 tornado-damaged home in the O鈥橣allon neighborhood. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a uphill battle,鈥 said Thompson, who says his insurance is paying for the gut rehab. He hopes to move back into the repaired home by the end of November.
LaRue Jarrett poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, inside her tornado-damaged O鈥橣allon neighborhood home. Jarrett, who has lived in the house since she was 13, has been having repairs done in an effort to restore it.
鈥淭he kitchen is the last room to be finished. The tariffs held up a custom door,鈥 said O鈥橣allon neighborhood homeowner Michael Thompson. 鈥淭his was my dad鈥檚 house. I want to keep it in the family in case someone is down on their luck and needs to a place to stay,鈥 said Thompson.
The Creve Coeur City Council has approved the potential use of eminent domain to build a sidewalk on a busy residential road.聽
鈥淟ooking good,鈥 yells neighborhood regular Melvin, who notices the progress on the front wall rebuild on Darnell 鈥淗ardTimez鈥 Forest鈥檚 home on Sept. 29, 2025, in the Greater Ville neighborhood of north 51黑料. Forest is cobbling together FEMA money and contributions from his GoFundMe page to hire workers to slowly rebuild his home that was destroyed by the May 16 tornado.
Pete Slowey carries some of his family鈥檚 belongings back into their repaired house in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. The Sloweys were displaced from their home for more than five months while fixing damage from the May 16, 2025, tornado.
A mail carrier passes a tornado-damaged home in the 6400 block of Wydown Boulevard on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, as a roofing crew carts away slate tiles that were stripped off in preparation for re-roofing. The Clayton homeowner is opting to use non-slate material for the replacement.
A large tree stump from a downed tree is seen on Nov. 4, 2025, in the median of the 6300 block of Wydown Boulevard, across from St. Michael and St. George Episcopal Church. The May tornado snapped dozens of trees up and down the formerly tree-lined street, destroying the decades-old canopy that shaded homes and schools.
Pete Slowey paints walls in the primary bedroom of his family鈥檚 home in the 5700 block of Pershing Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Slowey did some of the work on the tornado-damaged house himself to speed the family鈥檚 return home.
Will Slowey, 9, rides his scooter as his family finally moved back into their tornado-damaged home on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. The house behind Will had its roof ripped off in the May 16 storm.
Luis Martinez helps lay bricks as workers rebuild the second floor walls of David Lester鈥檚 tornado-damaged home on Nov. 3, 2025, in the Fountain Park neighborhood. The home that was originally three stories high was reduced to one story by the storm, and Lester is slowly rebuilding it.
Justin Johnson with Owen Bricklaying & Tuckpointing LLC installs a new flue liner on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, while working on Michael Thompson鈥檚 tornado-damaged home in the O鈥橣allon neighborhood. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a uphill battle,鈥 said Thompson, who says his insurance is paying for the gut rehab. He hopes to move back into the repaired home by the end of November.
鈥淭he kitchen is the last room to be finished. The tariffs held up a custom door,鈥 said O鈥橣allon neighborhood homeowner Michael Thompson. 鈥淭his was my dad鈥檚 house. I want to keep it in the family in case someone is down on their luck and needs to a place to stay,鈥 said Thompson.
LaRue Jarrett poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, inside her tornado-damaged O鈥橣allon neighborhood home. Jarrett, who has lived in the house since she was 13, has been having repairs done in an effort to restore it.
Erin Johnson-Slowey sorts through moving boxes and belongings as her family begins moving back into their home in the 5700 block of Pershing Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.
During a day of service for their school, Cardinal Ritter High School seniors Maleak Taylor, 18, left, and Terrell Ramey Jr., 17, clear tornado debris off sidewalks and lawns along Kensington Avenue on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Academy neighborhood of north 51黑料.
