St. Louis Severe Storms Kill Four

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At least 4 people dead in St. Louis after severe storm swept through city

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Tornado touched down near St. Louis Zoo , home to the 1904 World's Fair and Olympic Games the same year .

Tornado is "extremely dangerous" and moving east at 50 mph , National Weather Service says.

Tornadoes are also a risk in parts of Appalachia and the Midwest .

A heat advisory is issued for San Antonio and Austin , with temperatures at a blistering 95 degrees Fahrenheit to 105 degrees Fahrenheit .

Surveys also were underway Friday of damage in Michigan to determine if any tornadoes touched down there, said Steven Freitag , a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake Township , northwest of Detroit . The storms were fueled by temperatures in the lower 80s that stretched from Illinois into Michigan and were activated by a cold front that pushed through, Freitag said. The threat of severe weather in Chicago Associated Press writer Haya Panjwani in Washington and Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City , Missouri , contributed to this story..