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The National Weather Service office in Paducah confirmed that two E-F 1 tornadoes touched down in the Purchase Area on Saturday morning.

The results of a National Weather Service damage survey confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Graves, Marshall and Lyon counties as a severe storm cut across western Kentucky this past weekend.

Gov. Andy Beshear warned of severe weather predicted to hit the western portion of Kentucky on Friday, with the Jackson Purchase Area in “significant danger” for severe weather, including possible tornadoes, on Friday night.

Volunteers and residents are still clearing debris in far western Kentucky, where an EF-2 tornado impacted a small McCracken County community as a deadly band of storms left hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians without power earlier this month.

A Mayfield group focused on the community’s recovery from the deadly and historic tornado outbreak that impacted the region last year hit a big milestone Monday, giving its first newly renovated home to an unhoused survivor.

Nine months after a violent December tornado severely damaged the historic Graves County courthouse in Mayfield, the demolition of the red brick building is underway, and the action drew a crowd on Friday.

Sen. Rand Paul announced the introduction of the Prioritizing Disaster Relief Act Monday, which would allow COVID-19 relief funds to be used in disaster recovery efforts.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that $3.3 million dollars from the State Aid Funding for Emergencies fund, created by Senate Bill 150, will go to six organizations continuing to work toward recovery nearly nine months after the December tornado outbreak.

A new Graves County nonprofit focused on housing victims of the December outbreak welcomed its first family over the weekend.

More than eight months after the December tornado outbreak, many organizations, such as Samaritan’s Purse, are working on rebuilding efforts across west Kentucky.