U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley flew into St. Louis on Monday and headed to the 4200 block of Kossuth Avenue, an especially hard-hit area of north St. Louis.

"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."

ST. LOUIS — A man was killed in a St. Louis shooting Monday afternoon, according to a statement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. in the 4300 block of St. Ferdinand Avenue, according to police.

The Detroit Tigers visit the St. Louis Cardinals Monday for the opener of a 3-game set at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

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.

OLIVETTE — St. Louis County reopened its animal shelter Monday after closing it in late April because of a viral outbreak. Blake Lawrence, a top aide to Montgomery, confirmed the purchases Wednesday. He said the carts cost $10,000.

Surrounded by destruction, Wayne Mason Sr. recalls hunkering down in his apartment on Bayard Avenue last Friday afternoon with his 21-year-old daughter as the tornado tore through.

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.

Thousands are still without power as more severe weather may batter areas already devastated by weekend storms.

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.