Heavy storms and a likely tornado ravaged parts of the St. Louis area late Friday, downing trees and destroying homes in Bridgeton, Florissant, Hazelwood and Arnold. Damage was evident on Saturday, March, 15, 2025.
“I believe God said he wanted our love to stay true,” said Marcus Cole, after finding his wife’s undamaged roses on a kitchen table while he salvaged belongings from his destroyed home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025. A likely tornado ravaged the neighborhood late Friday.
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Matt Wolff, left, works underneath his carport with the help of his father-in-law Dempsey Watson and friend Tyler Umbright, right, as they work to stabilize it so Wolff could remove his trapped truck in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a likely tornado touched down late Friday.
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A tree sits on a house, after falling and collapsing the roof during storms the night before, in Florissant on Saturday, March 15, 2025. There were no injuries.
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Marcus Cole embraces his daughters while standing in front of his destroyed Bridgeton home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive on Saturday, March 15, 2025. A likely tornado ravaged the neighborhood late Friday. The Cole family was at a friend’s home in Wentzville when the storm struck. “Everything we own in this house is gone,” said Cole’s wife Tamara. “This is devastating.”
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Heather Monterusso salvages her children’s belongings from damp insulation and debris at her house, where the roof collapsed during storms the night before in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Monterusso said she evacuated her children from the house during the night when the roof started to collapse. “The kids all acted really big considering the situation,” Monterusso said. No one was injured.
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Blanco Pedro helps the Wolff family salvage belongings from their damaged home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Neighborhood children in Bridgeton pass an overturned truck on Scotch Drive following a likely Friday night tornado on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Matt Wolff grabs a hoodie from his trapped truck before beginning the work to stabilize a carport so he could remove the vehicle in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a likely tornado touched down late Friday.
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Missy, who declined to give her last name, searches for photographs in a debris field behind a relative’s home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a likely tornado touched down late Friday.
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A decapitated doll sits in the damaged living room of Matt Wolff’s Bridgeton home as items are salvaged in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive on Saturday, March 15, 2025 following a likely tornado that touched down late Friday.
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Playing cards mix with ceiling insulation in Matt and Adriana Wolff’s heavily damaged home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive in Bridgeton on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a likely tornado touched down late Friday.
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Marcus Cole carries an end table from his destroyed Bridgeton home in the 4100 block of Scotch Drive on Saturday, March 15, 2025. A likely tornado ravaged the neighborhood late Friday.
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“It was a scary ride, I’ll tell you that,” said Mark Nelson of Wisconsin as he waits with his semi-trailer after it overturned during high winds and a possible tornado on Interstate 44 westbound at Villa Ridge on Friday, March 14, 2025.
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Friends and family help clear branches of a tree downed by storms the night before to safely remove Fred Ford’s truck from below the deck of his house in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Friends and family help clear branches of a tree downed by storms the night before to safely remove Fred Ford’s truck from below the deck of his house in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Heather Monterusso walks out of her house, where the roof collapsed during storms the night before in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Monterusso said she’s lived in the house for 14 years, and evacuated her children during the night when the roof started collapsing. “The kids all acted really big considering the situation,” Monterusso said. No one was injured.
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A Miner’s Towing truck lifts a truck toppled by storms the night before into an upright position in the parking lot at Lowe’s in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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John King helps remove his children’s clothing from the basement of his ex-wife Heather Monterusso’s house, where the roof collapsed during storms the night before in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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A telephone pole on Compi Lane downed by storms the night before in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Friends and family help Tricia Mowry, left, clear trees downed by storms the night before from her driveway in Arnold on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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Charles Harris packs some of his belongings into his damaged vehicle on Friday, March 14, 2025, as his apartment bedroom on Avant Drive in Hazelwood is exposed after a storm ripped through the Chez Paree complex just of Lindbergh. “I heard those winds getting real strong. So I got in my bathtub. A few seconds later the roof got ripped off the bathroom,” he said. He said the roof from his building landed on his parked car, cracking the windshield.
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A crew with Accurate Tree & Landscaping LLC work to clear one of two downed trees on Friday, March 14, 2025, blocking Ninetieth Street in Florissant after a tornado ripped through the St. Louis region causing widespread damage.
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