ST. LOUIS (AP) — Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while toppled trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home looked like a dollhouse that had had its roof lifted off. Looking down, the dining room table and other contents could be seen, damp in lingering rain.
Amid such damage, officials appeared awed that a tornado that roared through the area Friday night, striking the airport and several nearby suburbs, hadn't seriously injured anyone.
Some 750 homes in the St. Louis region were damaged, and less than 100 were uninhabitable, Gov. Jay Nixon said. Updates from RMS indicate that the number of damaged homes may reach well into the thousands.
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