Neighbors helping neighbors after Drewersburg tornado

(DREWERSBURG, Ind.) – The Drewersburg community spent Friday helping their neighbors clean up after the tornado. 

The EF-2 tornado was on the ground for approximately 5 miles and reached its peak of 125 miles-per-hour near Welsh Drive.

Two homes suffered were nearly destroyed while several other houses and buildings were also damaged.

The sounds of chainsaws and skid steers could be heard on Friday as volunteers spent hours removing debris. 

One local farmer who was volunteering is thankful that the twister missed his property where he has a livestock operation. 

“If it would have hit us, it would have been very bad from a business perspective, but these homeowners here, their losses are huge,” he said. 

That farmer and other volunteers spent hours canvassing nearby cornfields to pick up debris that was thrown hundreds of yards.

A woman whose home was destroyed told the farmer that she was hoping to find her blue chair that had gotten blown away. 

“We just found the blue chair a few minutes ago, and I know it was something she was really concerned about. So, I am going to bring it to her and hopefully that will bring some happiness,” the farmer told The 812. 

The clean-up will continue through the weekend as the nonprofit Masters of Disaster was also on-site on Friday. The group is a faith-based organization that responds to disasters that are within a six-hour radius of Cincinnati. 

Here are some photos from the clean-up efforts on Friday: