ST. LOUIS 鈥 Five months ago, city officials approved plans to renovate 90 apartments for residents displaced by the May 16 tornado, promising the units would be ready by winter.
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Michelle Hayes sprinkles salt on the front steps and sidewalk of her home in the Greater Ville area of 最新杏吧原创 on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. She and her husband, Olandes Hayes, are still in the process of making repairs to their home after it was damaged in the May 2025 tornado. The house next to theirs was crushed by a tree in the storm.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
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Tornado damaged houses in the 1900 block of Cora Avenue are covered in snow on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
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Construction workers make repairs to a three bedroom unit at the Fox Manor Apartments in south 最新杏吧原创 on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Twenty-two units in the complex are being prepared for residents who were displaced from their homes in the May 16, 2025, tornado.
David Carson, Post-Dispatch
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A drone flight shows tornado damaged homes covered in snow starting at the 4500 block of 最新杏吧原创 Avenue and flying towards Newstead Avenue on Monday, Jan. 26. 2026
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