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Extensive damage that Selmer have left, Tennessee Exactly the moment a strong EF-3 tornado was torn through the city over a month ago.
The 160 miles per hour in the Tornado were strong enough on April 3. to shred well -built houses and shops. The McNairy County Emergency Management Agency reported that 332 buildings were damaged by Tornado. Among them, 108 were completely destroyed.
According to the owner, the Jesus Care Secondhand store was a total loss. The roof and the back wall of the store collapse. Only about 30% of the goods were rescue.
“This was the main town where the families and everyone came when they needed something,” said Mayor Sherry Inman.
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The second-hand shop was a non-profit association that built tiny houses on the other side of the street for needy. The tornado Damaged all tiny houses, but the owner of the used goods store said that none were completely destroyed.
The roof of Jesus takes care of in Selmer in Selmer, Tennessee, while an EF-3 collapsed on April 3. Only 30% of the goods were rescue. (Fox News)
Inman estimated that the Tornado caused an estimated 30 million US dollar damage. There is no timeline for cleaning up, but she said it could take up to a year. About 10,000 tons of natural debris were brought to the district’s landfill.
“It is devastating. It is something you just try to prepare yourself, but you can’t,” said Inman.
The Weather event Killed five people in Selmer, including Jamarcus McGowan. He died two days before his daughter Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan’s 16th birthday.
Jamarcus McGowan (left) is one of five people who were killed on April 3 by Selmer, Tennessee Tornado. He died two days before his daughter Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan (right) on his 16th birthday. (Brittany Bryant)
“Two days before her 16th birthday. She identified her father’s body. On her 16th birthday we buried her father,” said Brittany Bryant, the mother of the teenager. “If you go to the funeral, put them on make -up, they repair, they fill you out and you look more like yourself. If you identify someone, especially after such a terrible thing, it looks very different.”
The 39 -year -old McGowan lived in a caravan park on the direct path of the tornado. His family said his trailer was “bent like a paper bracket”. McGowans 2012 Dodge Charger was the only thing that survived the Tornado. The family of the teenager wants to repair her father’s heavily damaged car.
A 2012 Dodge Charger is the only thing Jamarcus McGowan survives to survive the storm. His daughter’s family wants to repair the damaged car for his daughter Jaleiya Bryant-McGowan to drive. (Brittany Bryant)
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“He loved this car. This car was everything for him. She wants her father’s car to drive,” said Bryant.
Most of the damage to the car is cosmetic, but the family expects it to cost around $ 10,000.
