After suffering through what is believed to be the worst tornado in Kentucky history, the tight-knit community of Mayfield now faces the daunting task of rebuilding.
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Even with his minivan crumpled under a giant tree, most of his front yard hanging from its roots, smashed windows and a home with no power or running water, Kelso says he's well aware that things could have been worse — and resolute if not downright upbeat about the task ahead. “I intend to do whatever it takes as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders, as you recover and rebuild, and you will recover and rebuild,” the president said, standing before a decimated town center.
In neighborhoods across the city, yards and streets are filled with debris: downed tree limbs, shingles, mangled children's toys, mud-caked clothes. Trees that haven't been uprooted completely have had upper branches shorn off. Others have crashed into cars or homes. The damage and devastation in Mayfield is so severe that it could take years before the community returns to normal, said Chris Chiles, disaster response coordinator for the Danville, Virginia-based God's Pit Crew, which has been aiding storm-ravaged communities for more than two decades.
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