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15-03-2025
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‘Devastation was nothing like I've ever seen before;' Community gathers to remember deadly tornado
Friday marks one year since deadly tornadoes touched down in Logan County, leveling homes and businesses and scattering them across neighborhoods. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7′s Malik Patterson hears from the community as they gather to remember what they lost, and what they rebuilt this past year LIVE on News Center 7 at 11. A community remembrance event was held Friday at Indian Lake High School to honor first responders and those who died or lost their homes to the tornado. TRENDING STORIES: Man found guilty in 15-year-old's 2023 shooting death Sheriff identifies woman, suspect killed in crash, shooting in Darke Co. 16 people injured after porch roof collapses during St. Patrick's Day party The high school was used as a resource center after the damage, and for some, it brought back memories. 'Being here today is a remembrance of it, like everything's here playing in my head. My kids were freaking out,' Taylor Ross from Lakeview said. Ross was at the high school that night for her child's second grade program. 'As soon as the sirens started going off, I was ready to leave the building,' Ross said. '[But] we were safe in the auditorium within a tornado shelter.' The emotions Ross experienced in the auditorium were nothing compared to her drive home. 'We drove through Lakeview, and the devastation was, it's nothing like I've ever seen before,' Ross said. Ross works at a health and wellness center and was on the front lines of the aftermath. 'Walked through the streets and tried to reach our patients to deliver medication, first aid supplies. A lot of them could not get out of their community, so we went to them,' Ross said. Over the past year, the community has worked hard to rebuild what was lost. 'The rebuild that we have had has been amazing,' Ross said. 'The people that stepped up and showed up, we're more than grateful for it.' [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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15-03-2025
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One year after deadly tornado struck, Ohio communities gather to remember
LOGAN COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — It has now been one year since a deadly tornado devasted neighborhoods around Indian Lake. The EF3 tornado killed three people. It destroyed 239 homes and damaged more than 1500 properties and businesses, according to the United Way of Logan County. On Friday, the one year anniversary, community members, students and first responders gathered at Indian Lake High School for a 'Stronger than the Storm' breakfast. 'It is hard to believe. I look back on that night, that day, and it's like holy smokes. It was all overwhelming and progress has been made but yeah time gets by,' Logan County Sheriff Randall Dodds said. Look: Your photos from 'worm moon' eclipse On the rock out front of the high school sits the message, 'Anchored in Hope.' It's another saying people in the area have come to live by since the storm. 'It just speaks the truth. It's what we are. We will survive,' Dodds said. 'The tornado may have tore through the Indian lake community here but it didn't tear the spirit to survive and to live on.' The Village of Lakeview was one of the areas hardest hit. Rick Stanley has lived there for more than 50 years. When the tornado hit, he huddled his family in a closet and did his best to protect them. 'That was the scariest night of our life right there. It was just beyond scary seeing it, hearing it, feeling it and then walking out and seeing the destruction,' Stanley said. Remembering the deadly tornado outbreak in central Ohio one year ago Some homes in his neighborhood have been rebuilt. Work is still happening on other properties, and some lots are now empty. 'Our main thing is just seeing everything, how everything is just so bare, just so weird to look at all this stuff. But everybody is getting something done. It's coming along slowly,' Stanley said. 'Everything is just coming along piece by piece. But it'll be rebuilt. We'll have it. We will get there.' In addition to the breakfast, a remembrance event and tornado relief anniversary party were also held. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
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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. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 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. TRENDING STORIES: Suspect dead after shooting, car chase that led deputies to find woman's body Flames, smoke visible as firefighters battle house fire in Dayton Multiple rounds of storms expected this weekend; Wind Advisory for whole region >>PHOTOS: Severe storms, radar-confirmed tornadoes move through Miami Valley 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. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
