London, Kentucky mayor Randall Weddle says his town is about “three-fourths” of the way through clean-up after tornadoes devastated it last month.
He says the town hasn’t seen a dropoff in volunteers since the disaster. London has seen more than 2,000 people work more than 11,000 hours of volunteer time.
Weddle says state and federal officials told him that sort of consistency is uncommon.
“They said that within three to five days, this was after the tornado, you'll see a decrease in the volunteers. And they said this is pretty common. People start leaving. They lose interest. And that's not been the case here,” Weddle said.
Much of the remaining cleanup involves getting approval from insurance companies to tear down homes.
“Most cases of all the standing houses, currently that's the issue,” Weddle said. “Any house that could be brought down has been brought down, and through the volunteer base everything's been pushed to the right of ways.”
Weddle says donations to London can be accepted by either city hall or the United Way of Laurel County, or in person at the disaster relief center on South Main Street.
