Storms and tornadoes continue to ravage central U.S.

Forecasters warned on Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.

In St. Louis, where officials estimated a tornado on Friday damaged 5,000 buildings and may cost well over $1 billion, the mayor warned on Monday that federal assistance could take weeks.

Kentucky has been hardest hit by the storms. A devastating tornado late Friday into early Saturday damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles, left many homeless and killed at least 19 people, most of them in southeastern Laurel County.

In the city of London, Kentucky, where the devastation was centered, the small airport became a beehive of cleanup work after it took a direct hit from a tornado. Officials were using it as a base to get water, food, diapers and other supplies out to the community.

Officials in Kansas and Texas also were evaluating damage from late Sunday storms.

Tornados could be possible in an area centered in eastern Oklahoma on Monday with the risk of severe storms moving into Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

(Cover: A storm moves over the Elbert County, Colorado, U.S., May 19, 2025. /VCG)