Tornado cleanup in West Tennessee faces a long road to completion

Extensive damage was left by Selmer, Tennessee Smoked at a time for a moment, a strong ef-3 Tornado broke through the city more than a month ago.

The winds of 160 miles per hour were strong enough to reduce the well -built homes and companies on April 3. The McNairy County Emergency Management Agency reported that Tornado had damaged 332 buildings. Among them, 108 were completely destroyed.

Jesus was the care of a frugal trade was a total loss, according to the owner. The roof and back wall of the store collapsed. Only about 30% of the goods were saving.

“This was the main place that the families came to when they needed something,” said Mayor Sherry Inman.

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The safety trade was a non -profit organization that built small houses across from those who needed it. Tornado He damaged all the tiny homes, but the owner of a frugal store said no one was completely destroyed.

The roof of Jesus’ trade care about the frugal store in Selmer, Tennessee, collapsed during the EF-3 3. Only 30% of the goods were saved. (Fox News)

Inman estimated that Tornado had caused an estimated $ 30 million in damage. There is no time cleaning strap, but she said it could take up to a year. About 10,000 tons of natural debris was taken to the county landfill.

“It’s devastating. It’s something you just try to prepare for yourself, but you can’t,” Inman said.

AND time event He killed five people in Selmer, including Jamacus McGowan. He died two days before his daughter, Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan’s 16th birthday.

Jamarcus McGowan (left) is one of five people killed by Selmer, Tennessee Tornado on April 3. He died two days before his daughter Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan’s (right), 16th birthday. (Brittany Bryant)

“Two days before her 16th birthday. She identified her father’s body. We buried her father on her 16th birthday,” said Brittany Bryant, a teenage mother. “When you go to the funeral, they put on makeup, fix you, fill you with, and you look more like yourself. When you identify someone, especially after such a terrible thing, it looks a lot different.”

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McGowan, 39, lived in the trailer park in the direct Tornado track. His family said his trailer was “bent like paper.” McGowan’s 2012 Dodge Charger was the only thing that survived Tornado. The teenager’s family wants to repair his father’s strongly damaged car.

The 2012 Dodge Charger is the only thing of Jamacus McGowan to survive the Storm. His daughter’s family wants to repair the damaged car to drive daughter Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan. (Brittany Bryant)

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“He loved this car. This car was all for him. He wants to have his father’s car to ride,” Bryant said.

Most of the car damage is cosmetic, but the family expects to cost about $ 10,000.