Tornado Confirmed in Weekend Storms

 
 

A tornado has been confirmed to have appeared in Starke County during weekend storms.

Officials from the National Weather service traveled to Starke County Monday afternoon to survey the damage. According to Starke County Emergency Management Agency Director Ted Bombagetti, the category of the tornado has not yet been determined.
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Emergency Responders Continue to Help Those Affected by Tornadoes

A tornado in Henryville, Indiana caused extensive damage

Salyersville, Kentucky residents have had a strong relationship with Starke County over the past 70 years with many people from there migrating here to work in the Ordinance Plant at Kingsbury during the Second World War.

Many of the transplants from Salyersville stayed after the war, making Starke County their home.

It was with sorrow that many of those heard of the news Saturday that a tornado ripped through the town Friday night destroying 15 businesses and numerous homes.

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