Tornado aftermath: For churches in Mayfield, US, rebuilding means rethinking
BOBBY ROSS, JR, of Associated Press, reports from Mayfield, Kentucky, in the aftermath of a deadly tornado which swept through the community in December…
In Kentucky tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
Mayfield, Kentucky, US AP After riding out the violent tornado that devastated their town in a tunnel under their church, Rev Wes Fowler and his family emerged to devastation stretching for blocks: Crackling power lines, piles of rubble and calls for help they couldn’t pinpoint in the darkness. Later, safe back at home, his daughter […]
Faith-based disaster relief teams fan out across six US states to help tornado recovery
RNS Faith-based disaster relief teams are already working in several of the areas hardest hit by devastating tornadoes that tore through six states on Friday. On Monday, 74 people were confirmed dead across eight counties in Kentucky, and another 13 died in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Dozens more are unaccounted for. President Biden […]
Thousands in US without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
Mayfield, Kentucky, USAP Residents of Kentucky counties where tornadoes killed dozens of people could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday, as the toll of damage and deaths came into clearer focus in five states slammed by the swarm of twisters. Kentucky authorities said the sheer […]
In US state of Kentucky residents struggle with loss in storm’s aftermath
Mayfield, Kentucky, USAP Jarred Holmes was supposed to have been working inside a candle factory when it was ripped apart by a monstrous tornado that killed an untold number of employees and trapped many others under mounds of debris. But Holmes’ fiancee had insisted he stay home Friday night because of the looming weather. “She told me […]