Logan County Tornado: Remembering lives lost, destruction, devastation 1 year later
Today marks one year since an EF-3 tornado tipped through the Miami Valley.
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News Center 7 will be in Logan County today. We will look at what's changed and how these communities are coming together today on News Center 7 at 5:00.
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There will be a remembrance event in Logan County tonight.
'A Community in Remembrance Event' will take place tonight at Indian Lake High School auditorium, according to a Facebook post.
'Join us on the one-year anniversary of the tornado to remember those we lost and honor what we have overcome as a community,' Anchored in Hope said in a Facebook post.
The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event starts at 7 p.m.
>>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Fatalities confirmed in Logan County; Storm-related damage, injuries reported across region
As previously reported by News Center 7, three people died in these tornados. They were 81-year-old Marilyn Snapp, 70-year-old Darla Williams, and 69-year-old Neal Longfellow.
Both women lived at Geiger Mobile Home Park on Harrison Street in Lakeview, while Longfellow lived nearby in Orchard Island.
>>RELATED: All 3 victims killed in tornado in Logan County identified
The tornado destroyed over 130 buildings and damaged hundreds of others.
We will update this story.
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