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MAYFIELD — Doug Irby, owner of a mold removal and home foundation repair company, sees daily reminders that Kentuckians still need help to recover from the tornadoes of December 2021.
After the tornado outbreak, more than $52 million in donations poured into the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund from all over the country. The money has been disbursed in several ways, including paying for funeral expenses, new housing and $1,000 checks to survivors. But some survivors are still trying to figure out where the rest of the money has gone.
Waiting for housing almost a year after tornado laid waste to Mayfield
Kentucky is spending hundreds of millions to recover from the deadly December 2021 tornado in the state's west and July's flash flooding in the east.
The Mayfield-Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group is hoping to help fill the rental housing need created in the community in the wake of last December’s tornado outbreak.