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Radar-confirmed tornado twists through south St. Louis County
MEHLVILLE, Mo. — Residents in the Mehlville area were cleaning up debris Sunday night after the storm ripped through their neighborhood just off Interstate 55. A tornado in the area was confirmed by radar from the National Weather Service. Lisa Arndt said she and her family were having a...
‘It was scary’; neighbors survey the damage after EF-1 tornado touches down in Oakville
SOUTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY (First Alert 4) - An E-F1 tornado touched down in Oakville Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Monday, Tim King and his wife were vacuuming the pieces of glass after the tornado blew out eight of their car windows along Morningdale Place. “There...
Suspect fatally shot by St. Louis officer in Jefferson County identified
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police are investigating after a suspect was shot during a pursuit from St. Louis into Imperial, Missouri, Thursday morning. According to a post on X, officers with St. Louis Metropolitan Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the shooting, located in the 1100 block of Westward Trails. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, this started as a pursuit in the City of St. Louis. The suspect fled towards Imperial, where the pursuit ended.
Valley Park homes battered by large hail Sunday
VALLEY PARK, Mo. — St. Louis County homes were battered by strong storms on Sunday. On Monday, roofers and contractors were all over a Valley Park neighborhood, Mission Hill Estates, because all the houses were littered with holes. Neighbors actually described the damage as Swiss cheese because of the...
Thousands still without power after storms move through
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) — Thousands were left without power after severe storms rolled through the area Sunday. Ameren Missouri reported as of 7:30 p.m. Sunday that 12,654 customers were without power in St. Louis County; another 1,835 customers were without power in the city of St. Louis. By 10:00 p.m., around 7,700 customers had no power in St. Louis County, and around 1,650 had no power in St. Louis City. Around 10:00 p.m. in Franklin County, just under 900 people were without power. Ameren outages in Jefferson County were 1,800 at 10:00 p.m. In St. Charles County, 114 Ameren customers are without power.
Driver seriously injured in tractor-trailer crash near Eureka
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The driver of a tractor-trailer was seriously injured when the vehicle slid on a wet roadway and jackknifed around 8 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 44 westbound just east of Eureka. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 67-year-old Hyun K. Kang, of...
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