Craig Cole was at the convenience store in his neighborhood of Fountain Park when the storm alerts went off on his phone. He ran to his royal blue Ram truck parked outside.

Once the assessment is complete, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe will ask President Donald Trump for federal assistance for individual homeowners and renters.

"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone."

You can view how Friday’s confirmed EF-3 tornado ripped through St. Louis with this aerial map compiled by Chesterfield-based Surdex Corporation, a

In north St. Louis, residents are staying in wrecked homes, keeping watch from their front yards and sleeping in their cars.

The EF3 tornado caused at least $1 billion in damage in the city of St. Louis alone. At the storm’s peak, more than 100,000 lost power. Five people were confirmed dead and dozens of residents were hospitalized with injuries.

A St. Louis Development Corp. spokesman said that the 366 parcels are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority, or LRA, the city's land bank.

Comptroller Green addresses St. Louis' response to an EF-3 tornado, detailing emergency measures and ongoing recovery efforts.

Convoy of Hope is helping to provide supplies to those in St. Louis and Kentucky who were impacted by Friday’s tornadoes. The nonprofit sent trucks and teams Saturday from its world headquarters in Springfield and from its first regional distribution center in Atlanta, Georgia, which hasn’t officially opened yet.

After a tornado tore through parts of St. Louis on Friday, many who were directly impacted are now wondering what to do next, and others are seeking out answers as to how they