Tony Awards Watch Party to benefit St. Louis tornado relief efforts 5pu37
Updated: Jun. 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
First Alert 4 is partnering with The Muny, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Ballpark Village for a Tony Awards Watch Party on Sunday to benefit St. Louis tornado relief efforts.
‘I basically lost everything’: Federal assistance in St Louis for March 14 storms, as victims say they’re still needing help w4t5y
Updated: Jun. 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM CDT
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By Jon Kipper
This week, representatives with federal disaster assistance agencies were in town helping victims of the March 14 tornado that struck St. Louis County.
Local restaurants, organizations start tornado relief fund 48l71
Updated: Jun. 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The Missouri Restaurant Association (MRA) is teaming up with Anhe-Busch and other local organizations to start The St. Louis Restaurant Tornado Relief Fund
Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals 1y5r6d
Updated: Jun. 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to provide over $100 million in aid for tornado-ravaged St. Louis and authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to continue playing in Missouri in new or improved stadiums.
Tiny house build to provide help for storm victims, grows partnerships to further impact area teens 4i1n70
Updated: Jun. 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM CDT
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By Shawn g
Johnson envisioned it as a way to teach trade skills and mentor kids and teens this summer. That work is going to go even further as Johnson is working on building partnerships for those kids.
Family of Blues legend preserving music history, legacy following May tornado 6565c
Updated: Jun. 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM CDT
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By Caroline Hecker
The son of a St. Louis music legend is ensuring his father’s historic music career lives on after last month’s tornado caused a tree to fall on the family home, making it now unlivable.
The City of St. Louis is partnering with the the St. Louis Public Schools district to designate four schools as debris drop-off sites. All four sites are schools that are permanently closed.
Other tornado damaged cities offer advice on storm recovery 2w4516
Updated: May 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM CDT
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By Russell Kinsaul
A devastating EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. The community compiled a book with helpful advice for other cities titled, Joplin Pays It Forward.
First Alert 4 Investigates: Hidden dangers during storm cleanup 134m6r
Updated: May 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM CDT
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By Lauren Trager
Property owners asked First Alert 4 to investigate: Is there asbestos in the materials they were touching and cleaning up? And if so, what should they do?
FEMA assessing damage to public buildings, infrastructure in St. Louis 4q3o5p
Updated: May 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM CDT
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By Nathan Vickers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is examining public assets such as recreation centers, police and fire houses impacted by the May 16 tornado.
As number of unhoused storm victims grows, new Red Cross shelter opens in Benton Park West 1t5t63
Updated: May 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM CDT
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By Russell Kinsaul
The Red Cross opened a 4th shelter for storm victims over the weekend. It's located at Jefferson Street and Wyoming Avenue in the Benton Park West neighborhood.
Large events held to clean up St. Louis after tornado, volunteers and donations still needed 2v3s5f
Updated: May 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM CDT
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By Jordyn Burrell
Governor Mike Kehoe approved the deployment of the National Guard after receiving the request from St. Louis officials Friday night. While the National Guard won’t arrive for a few days, volunteers are hard at work this weekend. From the Urban League to Forest Park, the work continues on all fronts, as people and organizations try to get St. Louis up and running again.
FEMA to participate in t assessment of damage to building from May 16 tornado 2w1y2v
Updated: May 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Governor Mike Kehoe announced Friday that FEMA has agreed to participate in t assessments of damage to buildings and the cost of debris removal in St. Louis City and County.
How does FEMA approve disaster funds? Complicated story, but we have a clue 6u7167
Updated: May 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM CDT
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By Avery Martinez, Phillip Powell, Lucas Dufalla , Cassandra Stephenson , Illan Ireland and Rheanna Wachter
It’s now been a week since the devastating May 16 tornado cut a path of destruction from Clayton to North City, a major question is emerging — how does FEMA approve funding, and how long will it take?
President Trump approves federal disaster assistance in Missouri for March 14-15 storms b6j52
Updated: May 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
President Donald Trump announced Friday that federal disaster assistance is now available to the areas of Missouri affected by the severe storms from March 14-15.
Ameren commits $1M donation to assist in tornado recovery 4rz9
Updated: May 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Ameren Corporation announced it will make a $1 million donation to assist in recovery efforts from the powerful storms and tornado that struck the St. Louis metropolitan region and surrounding areas on Friday, May 16.
