Claims are piling up from extreme weather in the Southeast and Midwest that has kept insurers busy evaluating many thousands of damaged and destroyed homes.

In St. Louis, a massive tornado with winds of at least 166 mph rumbled through the northwest side of the city on April 22, leaving thousands of damaged homes.

It was the strongest tornado in more than 40 years in St. Louis County, says the National Weather Service (NWS).

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