Tony Brinker, a volunteer with the Augusta Fire Protection District, cuts trees that were blocking Highway 94, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, near Augusta, Mo. A long north-south line of storms hit the St. Louis area Tuesday evening. The storms are part of a weather system moving across the Midwest that began last weekend and will continue through the week, according to the National Weather Service. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)