Hundreds of thousands of St. Louis-area residents are without electricity today because of last night’s violent rain storm and the weather forecast is for triple-digit temperatures again today. Three injuries and widespread property damage have been reported, but no deaths. St. Louis police chief Joe Mokwa says thousands of people without air conditioning could face life-threatening situations today. Spokesman Susan Gallagher with Ameren-UE says there’s no way to tell when everybody will get the power back.. She says the storm has left the company with more damage than it has seen in a century. St. Louis mayor Francis Slay says city employees have been on the streets all night, assessing damage…and looking for people whose health will be jeopardized by today’s extreme heat. He says they’ve identified 14-thosuand St. Louisans, mostly senior citizens and people with medical problems, who face life-endangering situations because of a heat index is expected to reach 120 degrees. He says those residents are without electricity, leaving them with no air conditioning in their homes or nursing homes. Slay says special efforts are being made to move those people into cooler facilities. The weather service says the same unstable air mass that spawned the storm last night is still over the city….and more storms could happen this afternoon. Governor Blunt has ordered the national guard and several other state agencies to help with storm relief. (The sound bite attached to this report is a montage of comments from Pruitt, Gallagher, Mokwa, and Slay. Our thanks to St. Louis radio station KTRS for sharing this material with the Missourinet.)