Scenes of damage from storms in the 51黑料 area
A storm hit the 51黑料 region in the afternoon on Friday, May 16, 2025, causing damage to areas of North 51黑料 as well as Forest Park and Clayton.
Storm damage in Kirkwood
Clouds begin to descend as a major storm rolls through Kirkwood on Friday afternoon, May 16, 2025, before heading east to 51黑料 causing major damage.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
Broken tree limbs and debris litter Fountain Park in 51黑料 after a tornado came through on May 16, 2025.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park area of 51黑料
Michelle Higgins, left, and Andrew Gibson embrace outside Centennial Christian Church in the Fountain Park neighborhood on Friday, May 16, 2025. Storms badly damaged the church and one person inside was killed.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park neighborhood of 51黑料
A man sits among fallen bricks from a nearby home in the 4900 block of Fountain Ave. that lost its entire roof on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a possible tornado ripped through the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"I need someone to help me with my car," said Joyce Gardner, who lives along the 4800 block of Page Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood. Storms on Friday, May 16, 2025, caused the business next door to collapse and bury her car underneath bricks.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
A man who goes by the name 鈥淏lue Moon鈥 tries to retrieve items from inside his car that the wind flipped over as he tried to escape the storm on Friday, May 16, 2025 in north 51黑料. 鈥淚 seen all type of stuff in the air. I whipped a U-turn then it picked me up and flung me around,鈥 he said as he rooted through upside-down vehicle while blood streamed down his arm.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"It sounded like a freight train... we just prayed an prayed and prayed," said Lisa Nash, owner of Heaven Sent Banquet Hall, who is comforted by Monica Green on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through her business at City Plaza in the Fountain Park neighborhood. Nash said she was setting up for a 100-person wedding when she and another employee were trapped inside. Both women made it out safe.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
A man waits in the bed of a truck after the roof of Pops Kingshighway Market was ripped off by a tornado that hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"It used to be a three stories. My home is gone," said David Lester, who stands on the second story which now opens to the sky, as he discovers an old jacket among the rubble on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through his house along the 1300 block of Euclid Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood. Lester was not home when the storm hit.
51黑料 resident describes storm, damage. 鈥楾o say I鈥檓 scared is an understatement.鈥
Tornado rips through Fountain Park area of 51黑料
A woman is consoled outside of Centennial Christian Church in north 51黑料, after being told her loved one died on Friday, May, 16, 2025, when part of a church collapsed as a possible tornado struck the Fountain Park neighborhood.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park area of 51黑料
A group of people pray outside of Centennial Christian Church in the Fountain Park neighborhood on Friday, May 16, 2025, as they wait for rescuers to reach a woman trapped in the rubble at the church after a possible tornado. She was later found dead from injuries sustained in the collapse.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park area of 51黑料
51黑料 firefighters check access to Centennial Christian Church on Friday, May, 16, 2025, after parts of the church collapsed when a possible tornado struck the Fountain Park neighborhood of 51黑料. A woman died in the collapse.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park area of 51黑料
Holes are left in portions of Centennial Christian Church, bricks littering the ground around it, after a possible tornado hit Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Possible tornado rips through Fountain Park neighborhood of 51黑料
51黑料 firefighters carry Sherrill Jackson from Centennial Christian Church on Friday, May, 16, 2025, after the steeple at the church collapsed from a possible tornado that struck the Fountain Park neighborhood of 51黑料 and she was trapped inside. Another woman in the church died from injuries.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
Sherrill Jackson, a member of Centennial Christian Church, is attended to on Friday, May 25, 2025, after being rescued from inside the collapsed church where she took shelter, Friday, May 16, 2025. 51黑料 was under a tornado warning when high winds tore through the area causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
A deacon from a nearby church directs traffic around a fallen tree on Delmar Boulevard at Pendleton Avenue after 51黑料 was hit by high winds, causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
A sign for Kugman Motos lays across cars in their lot as a helicopter flies overhead after a tornado hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
Zuhdija Omerovic carts fish out of Pops Kingshighway Market while it's still fresh after the roof was ripped off by a tornado that hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
The majority of a building lays in rubble along Bayard Avenue after a tornado hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
Trees and power lines lay across Kensington Avenue after a tornado came through Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
Benjamin Anderson, center, receives help from his friends Jack Millikan, left, and Izayah Hudnut in removing debris from around a building he owns after a tornado hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
A dog crosses Bayard Avenue after a tornado hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
A man who goes by the name 鈥淏lue Moon鈥 was inside this car and survived when the wind flipped it over, as high winds hit north 51黑料 on Friday, May 16, 2025.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
Trees are shredded and power lines down in an alley near North Euclid and Enright avenues after the 51黑料 was hit by high winds, causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
Neighborhood resident Sheila Bass surveys the damage as the Martin Luther King Jr. statue lies on the ground after being blown off of its pedestal in Fountain Park, on Friday, May 16, 2025.聽
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
The Martin Luther King Jr. statue lies on the ground after being blown off of its pedestal in Fountain Park on Friday, May 16, 2025.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
鈥淚 was in the back bedroom right there when I heard 鈥榯he train whistle鈥,鈥 said Michael Brann, while staring at the missing back half of his heavily damaged rental house on Friday, May 16, 2025 on Euclid Avenue north of Fountain Park in 51黑料. He was headed for the basement when it hit. 鈥淎ll I heard was a big crash.鈥 He was in the house with his family including a 4-month-old baby, 鈥渁nd we all made it.鈥澛
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
A roof of a nearby house lies on the ground on North Euclid Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood, near a partially collapsed former school building on Euclid Avenue north of Fountain Park, after 51黑料 was hit by high winds, causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
Residents of the Fountain Park neighborhood examine partially collapsed buildings at Fountain and Bayard avenues, after 51黑料 was hit by high winds.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
A building is partially collapsed near North Euclid and Enright avenues, after the 51黑料 was hit by high winds, causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
High winds heavily damage parts of 51黑料 north of Delmar near Kingshighway
51黑料 was under a tornado warning when high winds tore through north city neighborhoods causing multiple building collapses and widespread damage.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
Wood punctures the roof a truck along Bayard Avenue after a tornado hit around Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
Tornado hits 51黑料 city
51黑料 Mayor Cara Spencer shakes hands with emergency responders at the staging area after a tornado hit in Fountain Park in 51黑料 on May 16, 2025.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
An employee reacts to damage at Kings Beauty on on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through the business at City Plaza in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"There used to be a wall there," said Walter Lay, who starts to clean up at the Best Autoplex along the 4800 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Street on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped his father's business in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"Our house is wet," said Nella Renae James, who walks the family dog Bruno as they leave their home along the 4700 block of Newberry Terrace on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through their Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
Police officers wait with a man whose house was flattened by a storm and possible tornado along Bayard Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"It used to be a three stories. My home is gone," said David Lester, who stands on the second story which now opens to the sky, as he discovers an picks up an old T-shirt among the rubble on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through his house along the 1300 block of Euclid Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood. Lester was not home when the storm hit.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"The house fell back here," said Shonneka Greer, who rifles through the backyard rubble of her godfather's home along the 1300 block of Euclid Avenue on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm and possible tornado ripped through his house along the 1300 block of Euclid Avenue in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
"I was driving and something hit me" said Jesus Vivas, who was pulled over on the on Aubert Avenue on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm debris broke his windshield in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
5 dead, as home and buildings destroyed in 51黑料 storm
Emmanuel Eshun walks on top a fallen tree as volunteers use their chain saws to remove a tree that was partially blocking Page Avenue in the after math of a storm on Friday, May 16, 2025, in the Fountain Park neighborhood.
Tornado rips through Fountain Park, killing one
A man who congregants identified as the husband of a woman who died in a steeple collapse of Centennial Christian Church, weeps on Friday, May, 16, 2025, after being told. Three people were trapped when a tornado ripped through the Fountain Park neighborhood; but two were rescued with minor injuries.
Storm damage in Kirkwood
"We don't see stuff like this in Oregon," said Marty Bankhead of Oregon, who took out her phone to capture the sunshine breaking through storm clouds on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Kirkwood.
Trees across the tracks
Trees across the power lines and tracks at the Waterman Boulevard bridge over the MetroLink tracks on Friday, May 16, 2025.聽
Damage to Shakespeare Festival stage
The Shakespeare Festival stage is damaged after storms hit the 51黑料 area and Forest Park on Friday, May 16, 2025.
Damage at zoo
Some storm damage outside the 51黑料 Zoo, which will be closed the rest of Friday and Saturday after a storm hit on Friday, May 16, 2025.聽
Damage
The聽Harlem Taproom building, at 4161 Dr Martin Luther King Drive, collapsed during a storm on Friday, May 16, 2025.聽
Harlem Taproom damage
The聽Harlem Taproom building, at 4161 Dr Martin Luther King Drive, collapsed during a storm on Friday, May 16, 2025.聽
Traffic light poles down
Traffic light poles are damaged at Kingshighway and Forest Park on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm hit the area.
Tree down at Kingshighway
A view of Kingshighway, looking south, on Friday, May 16, 2025, after a storm hit the area.
Storm damage in U. City
A downed tree crushed a car on Waterman Avenue in University City after storms rolled through the area on Friday, May 16, 2025.
Downed tree in Forest Park
A downed tree at Forest Park on Friday, May 16, 2025. Submitted photo by Jay Kanzler聽
A major storm has killed four people in 51黑料, officials say.
Buildings collapsed, tree limbs littered streets, trees crushed cars and thousands lost power.