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STLnpr: 'I just fell to my knees and cried': St. Louisans face devastating damage after tornado that killed 5
STLnpr - ‘I just fell to my knees and cried’: St. Louisans face devastating damage after tornado that killed 5
St. Louis Public Radio | By Jessica Rogen, Brian Munoz, Chad Davis, Kate Grumke
Published May 17, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. CDT
Updated May 17, 2025 at 6:38 p.m. CD
Penrose Street in north St. Louis was a sea of red bricks on Saturday morning, after storms and a tornado tore through the region on Friday afternoon.
The majority of the homes on the street are damaged, and some are totally collapsed. Throughout the city's O'Fallon neighborhood, dozens of historic trees are snapped in half or uprooted by the wind and power lines are strewn across the road. Electricity is shut down.
Outside, residents are doing the best they can to start cleaning up the devastating damage.
“Most of my life I lived here on the north side, and I've never experienced a tornado in St. Louis at all, never,” said Dolly Baskin, who lives on Penrose Street. She was at work when she got a call from her housemate, Cornell Jeffrey, his voice trembling, saying that their home had been hit.
“I had to park down the street because I couldn't get through,” she said. “I jumped out and I ran down here and when I got here and walked in, I just fell to my knees and cried.”
The storm blew the roof off and ripped off the back of Baskin’s home. Inside, her belongings were tossed about by the storm. The refrigerator doors were torn off.
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St. Louis Public Radio | By Jessica Rogen, Brian Munoz, Chad Davis, Kate Grumke
Published May 17, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. CDT
Updated May 17, 2025 at 6:38 p.m. CD
Penrose Street in north St. Louis was a sea of red bricks on Saturday morning, after storms and a tornado tore through the region on Friday afternoon.
The majority of the homes on the street are damaged, and some are totally collapsed. Throughout the city's O'Fallon neighborhood, dozens of historic trees are snapped in half or uprooted by the wind and power lines are strewn across the road. Electricity is shut down.
Outside, residents are doing the best they can to start cleaning up the devastating damage.
“Most of my life I lived here on the north side, and I've never experienced a tornado in St. Louis at all, never,” said Dolly Baskin, who lives on Penrose Street. She was at work when she got a call from her housemate, Cornell Jeffrey, his voice trembling, saying that their home had been hit.
“I had to park down the street because I couldn't get through,” she said. “I jumped out and I ran down here and when I got here and walked in, I just fell to my knees and cried.”
The storm blew the roof off and ripped off the back of Baskin’s home. Inside, her belongings were tossed about by the storm. The refrigerator doors were torn off.
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