Anger continued to mount on Tuesday. City officials railed against Spencer. Families of those killed in the tornado said they believed the sirens could have saved lives.

On Tuesday afternoon, the City of St. Louis conducted a test of the emergency siren system, days after the sirens failed to go off in some areas before the May 16 tornado.

St. Louis switches siren activation to fire department after tornado warning failure. ST. LOUIS — After sirens did not go off on Friday ahead of the deadly EF3 tornado, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer signed an executive order to officially change the protocols on Tuesday.

Mayor Cara Spencer late Tuesday night placed the head of the city's emergency management office on paid administrative leave, saying she wanted to provide accountability after tornado

The 23-mile-long twister claimed the lives of five people and caused over $1 billion in damages in the St. Louis region on Friday.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver critical assistance to St. Louis, which was devastated by an unprecedented tornado that killed more than a dozen people Friday.

Before-and-after images highlight the damage to St. Louis, days after an EF-3 tornado tore through the city, leaving five people dead.

The tornado that tore across the St. Louis area Friday reached EF3 intensity and a mile in width, the National Weather Service said after a damage survey.