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Far right, Tom Fuller hugs Nicole Caraker and her fiance Matthew Standfield after Shiloh Baptist Church's congregation held their service at Glad Tidings Church in Catawissa. Shiloh Baptist Church was severely damaged during the tornadoes that struck the area New Years Eve. "God does everything for a reason," Fuller reassured his friends. Also pictured in the background is Rev. George Fulgham hugging Bonnie Kommer.
   
Natalie Lamkemeyer, 9, stands on the Uhaul truck next to her mom Kathy Sunday as they look through things they want to take with them after they were forced out of their home by the flooding of the Big River in Jeffereson county. The family got the truck to move their possesions from the first floor of their home and parked it at a friends house on higher ground to keep it safe.
  
Left, Kirkwood police officer Dave Docter, Kirkwood police court clerk Kathy Hatcher, Kirkwood residents Kimberly Garritson and her daughter Anna Wells, 6, watch as Kirkwood Police Officer Thomas Ballman's funeral procession passed the Kirkwood police station.
     
  
Carmen Little (in brown jacket) gets a hug from her friend Kara Lentz Wednesday afternoon. "We saw it touch down across the road and just had enough time to get in our crawl space," Little said of the tornado that tore through the area and damaged their home. According to the National Weather Service offices in Weldon Spring there were 17 distinct reports of tornadoes Tuesday.
   
Center, Kenya Dailey holds her son 18-month-old Michael Nelson Jr. Tuesday morning after a fire destroyed the home he was sleeping in. The 18-month-old's father Michael Nelson climbed into the burning house to rescue his son. The fire was reported at 4:18 a.m. at the one-story frame home in the 5900 block of Theodore Avenue, at Riverview Boulevard on the North Side.
   
"It's really, really, really, bad," Frances Choat tells her insurance adjuster as she stands outside her home on Dawn Avenue in Granite City Saturday morning. Choat had just gotten home from Good Friday church service when the storm came through. The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched-down near Granite City.
     
  
The 52nd Annual Cardinal Company is sworn in by Vice Admiral David Architzel on the steps of the Soldiers Memorial Friday afternoon. St. Louis Navy week kicked off Friday.
   
Yvonne Pierce walks out of her house as Kathryn Pierce stands and looks at the hundreds of documents spread across the lawn Tuesday morning at Yvonne's home on Haddington Court in Clayton. The front lawn was covered in hundreds of wet family documents that were recovered from the flooded basement and layed out to dry. Pierce said their street flooded Sunday morning when the sewer backed up during the storm.
   
Left, Stephen Bourke puts his arm around Johnnie M. Klay, right, Saturday evening as the names of the victims of the Kirkwood City Hall shootings are read at the one-year anniversary of the event. Klay and Bourke met for the first time that night. "They found me and I found them," he said. Also pictured is Bourke's son Joey Bourke, 6.
     
  
Don Keith, of Piedmont, looks over the broken concrete from the private road that led to his house off South Main Street in Piedmont. Keith, who lived on the property for 40 years, said this is the worst flooding he's seen. "It's just one of them things," he said as he walked back to his house after checking for his mail. Piedmont, a town of 2,000 resident, was flooded when the McKenzie Creek rose above its banks yesterday.
  
John Thornton, Jr., left, and Washington Park Police Chief Calvin Hammond, right, comfort Sharon Thornton, canter, as they walk into the funeral service held for Washington Park mayor John Thornton, Sr. Friday afternoon at Mount Calvary Church of God in Christ in Washington Park. Thornton was shot and killed April 1, 2010.
   
"It's going to be ok," Cornelious Jones (in white) repeats to Jessica McNamee (in pink shirt). McNamee is the stepdaughter of Centreville Police Lt. Gregory Jonas, who was shot and killed near where they stand earlier today in the Ernest Smith Senior Apartments in Centreville."How could somebody do this to him. All he ever tries to do is help somebody out," McNamee said of her stepfather.
     
  
Carol Orr used spray paint to let her kids know she was ok after her trailer was destroyed in Robertsville. The storm that struck St. Louis New Years Eve contained at least six tornadoes and possibly more, the National Weather Service said.