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A strong storm spawned up to five tornadoes in and around Johnston and Wilson counties on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008.
Sunday marks one year since five tornadoes roared across four counties in the early morning, killing two people and destroying dozens of homes and businesses.
After a November storm spawned tornadoes in and around Kenly, the community came together to pick up the pieces; however, the town’s folk didn't stop there. The effort has since grown to rid the town of crime and drugs.
About six months ago a tornado destroyed Argiro Gomez’s Kenly home and killed his wife Marilyn Gomez.
The five-member Hooks family plans to move into a new home on Sunday. The move was made possible by volunteers with the North Carolina Baptist Men, who have been helping to complete a home for them for the past 10 Saturdays.
A man who lost his wife in November carries on, and a family that lost its home values its traditions even more this Christmas.
The annual Thanksgiving Classic race at Southern National Raceway Park yielded $3,000 to help local tornado victims, Becky Boone, the manager at the Lucama track said Monday.
The SBA opened Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in Kenly and in Wilson Nov. 21. So far, 34 loan applications have been processed, Jack Camp, spokesman for the SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance, said. No loans have been approved yet.
The Southern National Raceway in Kenly is asking racegoers to help out their tornado-hit community during Thanksgiving weekend races.
In spite of the losses, church members say there is still a lot for which Kenly and surrounding communities can be thankful.
More than 50 cases of food and water for the victims of recent tornadoes were left anonymously outside a Chatham County school.
Funeral services were held Saturday for 11-year-old Joshua Wiggins.
One week after tornadoes ravaged Johnston and Wilson counties, Kenly resident Alan Hooks tried to clear the clutter surrounding his now unlivable mobile home.
Homeowners and renters in Johnston, Franklin, Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake, Wayne and Wilson counties can apply for up to $200,000 to fund repairs to storm-damaged properties.
Argiro Gomez remembered his wife, Marylin, who died Saturday morning. Meanwhile, a memorial service for her is set for 7 p.m. Thursday.
Tornado victims can get free turkeys from the town of Elm City.
Emergency officials said lives were saved by people taking refuge in interior rooms – like a closet or bathroom – when tornadoes struck Johnston and Wilson counties Saturday.
While they wait for insurance to help them get back their home, cars and belongings, the Stephenson family of Kenly got back to work.
Although more than 60 homes were damaged or destroyed in Johnston and Wilson counties, the governor said he did not expect the state would qualify for federal disaster assistance.
The organization that helps so many needs assistance after an active storm season drained its national disaster-relief fund. Despite that, officials pledge they'll help feed, clothe and shelter victims of North Carolina's tornadoes.
Some families searched for salvageable belongings among their ruined homes, while others mourned deep losses two days after tornadoes killed two people and displaced up to 125 people across eastern North Carolina.
Neighbors and strangers Sunday reached out to help survivors as they began to clean up and count their losses from the tornadoes that ripped through several counties a day before.
Survivors began counting their losses Sunday, the day after tornadoes ripped through eastern North Carolina, killing two people.
After a strong storm that spawned up to five tornadoes in and around Johnston and Wilson counties, families and communities began to rally to heal and pick up the pieces.
The tornadoes that raked eastern North Carolina early Saturday was the latest in a series of November storms to cause death and destruction in the state.
A super-storm cell produced up to five tornadoes, killed two people and damaged homes, as it moved north from Robeson County to Halifax County over several hours early Saturday.
A strong storm cell moved maintained its intensity for about 80 miles as it moved over central North Carolina early Saturday, prompting tornado warnings and causing one death.
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