At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured Friday after a storm caused significant damage in the St. Louis metro area.
The storm was part of a system that has millions of people across several states on alert for the potential of tornadoes, damaging wind and large hail.
According to a tweet from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, at least four storm-related fatalities have been confirmed.
A representative of St. Louis Children’s Hospital said the emergency department has received 10 patients because of the storm.
One of the injured was in critical condition.
The rest were expected to be discharged later Friday.
Much of the damage seems to have happened in the University City area, where images of downed trees have surfaced on social media.
According to storm reports from the National Weather Service, considerable wind damage was reported along Pershing Avenue in west St. Louis.
FOX News Multimedia Reporter Olivianna Calmes found damage in Clayton, just south of University City.
She said she has seen several trees damaged and some trees have fallen on cars in the area.
“The skies turned green,” Rachel, a resident of Clayton, told Calmes.
“The winds started whipping. Then, it fell silent, and then you heard what sounded like a train, and everything started falling.”
According to a Facebook post, the St. Louis Zoo sustained damage during the storm and will be closed through Saturday.
“All animals are safe and accounted for, and there have been no reports of significant injuries to staff, guests or animals,” zoo staff wrote in the post.
The NWS described the storm as a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” when the Tornado Warning was issued that covered more than a million people across the St. Louis metro.
A funnel cloud was also spotted in Fenton, Missouri, about 20 miles southwest of the heart of St. Louis.
It was not immediately clear if any injuries were reported.
More than 100,000 customers were without power across Missouri as of Friday evening, according to PowerOutage.us. The majority of those outages were in the St. Louis metro.
