2021 Tornado Outbreak

Dawson Springs is still on the long road to recovery after the western Kentucky community was devastated by the December 2021 tornado outbreak. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a loan to help fund essential services in the wake of that disaster, but city officials say their access to those dollars has been frozen.

More than three years ago, a devastating and deadly tornado ripped through west Kentucky in the middle of December. Now, in Dawson Springs, the debris has mostly been cleaned up and many of the destroyed and damaged homes have been replaced or repaired, but there’s still a ways to go.

A little less than three years after a destructive, historic tornado outbreak tore through downtown Mayfield, the small western Kentucky community is still making strides towards recovery.

Gov. Andy Beshear detailed what he called the largest housing announcement in the history of the Commonwealth on Monday, which he said will go toward building nearly 1,000 rental housing units in four western Kentucky counties that were heavily impacted by the December 2021 tornado outbreak.

A deadly storm system impacted communities across Kentucky over the course of the holiday weekend, generating multiple tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail in many parts of the Commonwealth.

A House shell bill was changed in a committee Monday afternoon to move millions of dollars from disaster relief funds into rebuilding projects in Eastern and Western Kentucky.

A historic Mayfield hotel that has stood in the far western Kentucky city’s court square for nearly a century will soon be demolished.

Camp Graves, a western Kentucky nonprofit formed in the wake of the December 2021 tornado outbreak, is launching two new housing sites dedicated to aiding underserved populations impacted by the disaster.

The Mayfield-Graves County Long Term Recovery Group updated community partners Tuesday about ongoing recovery efforts more than two years after the area was hit by a deadly and historic tornado outbreak.

A newly released oral history project documents memories of the December 10, 2021 EF-4 tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, from the perspectives of survivors – and shares their stories of recovering from the historic disaster.