Four months after a tornado upended their lives, Kentuckians are arduously reconstructing their pre-storm existence.
April 24, 2022, 8:44 PMA flag hangs near the remains of a home destroyed in a Dec. 10 tornado on April 21, 2022, in Dawson Springs, Tenn. Four months after a massive tornado tore through the state, hundreds of Kentuckians are arduously reconstructing their pre-storm existence. – Sundays at the Bullock home in rural Kentucky were filled with lasting memories: big family dinners, cornhole, basketball and karaoke.
In Mayfield, a candle factory, a nursing home and government buildings were destroyed. Homes were ripped from foundations and splintered by fierce winds. Crews worked day and night to clear debris and restore power. Some have moved to more permanent shelter, including travel trailers, the governor said. In Graves County, tiny homes were approved for displaced residents, and several larger homes are being built in Mayfield, emergency management Director Tracy Warner said.
Bullock and her husband had paid off their home but didn’t have insurance. A disaster-response charity is helping them build a new house on their property, and Bullock hopes to see a day when their family gatherings resume.Beshear, a Democrat, said millions in housing assistance payments from a state relief fund are being distributed.
Herschel Evans, a driver for the American Trucking Association’s Share the Road program, volunteered to drive a bright blue, 53-foot-long semitrailer full of supplies from Atlanta to Paducah.“I don’t have a lot of money, but I’ve got skills," Evans said."I’ve got the ability to move that truck around the country.”
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