Clayton took the hardest hit in St. Louis County, but how did other suburbs fare in the wake of the devastating tornado?

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.

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.

We’re learning more about where the tornado hit St. Louis Friday. The storm was about 20 miles long and first touched down at around Hanley and Clayton Road. Damage reports continue as the storm crosses Big Bend onto Skinker and Wydown in St.

"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."

Residents in the St. Louis area are left rebuilding. After a pair of tornados tore through the area Friday, leaving behind a trail of destruction. The storms killed five and left dozens injured.

On Friday afternoon, an EF-3 tornado struck parts of St. Louis City and County, leaving at least five dead, dozens injured, an estimated 5,000 buildings

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.

Gwen Hudgins had lived in her North St. Louis home for more than 30 years before Friday’s fast-moving tornado leveled it, leaving memories buried under rubble.