Missouri Task Force One returned to Columbia on Sunday afternoon following a two-day deployment to north St. Louis Friday in response to deadly storms.

The 88-member emergency response team was sent to assist with recovery efforts after severe weather caused widespread damage across parts of the city. Team members were stationed in impacted zones and at a designated St. Louis Fire Department staging area to help coordinate recovery operations.

According to Cathryn Shaw, Executive Director of All Among Us, a nonprofit that serves women and families in need, several neighborhoods in north St. Louis were left uninhabitable.

"I think we have a couple neighborhoods here that the majority of the homes in these neighborhood are going to be condemned," she said.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw extensive destruction in both north St. Louis and the Central West End, including homes leveled, trees uprooted, and power lines barely intact.

“These people have lived in their homes for over 50 years and their roofs are gone. You know, their yards that they have built these beautiful like sitting areas and areas to welcome their family. It's gone,” Shaw added.

Shaw, whose organization typically provides groceries and basic essentials, said the scope of this disaster has shifted the city’s needs dramatically. Shaw emphasized the urgent need for outside assistance.

“Well (they need) money. They need volunteers to come down. They certainly need tree removal,” Shaw said. “They need counselors. They need people to come just to sit with people and talk and listen to them and let them process their trauma.”

Missouri Task Force One members utilized technology such as drones to assess the damage from above, with three to four drones deployed to map and monitor the affected areas.

One member described the storm’s impact as particularly severe due to the dense population of the areas hit. Many neighborhoods remained without power Sunday, while others have only limited service restored.

Despite the devastation, Shaw said the response from residents, first responders, and volunteers has been nothing short of inspiring.

“Yesterday, what was so rewarding was to see everybody in St. Louis who literally had cooked all night to be on the street at six o'clock yesterday morning serving hot meals to people and not just the volunteers, but all the pole in the community,” Shaw said. “They could get a hot meal. Every third block had a hot meal going on. It was really inspiring and humbling to see yesterday... to see the city of St. Louis coming together.”