2019 Memorial Day Tornadoes

In 2019, tornadoes knocked down trees across the Dayton region. Harrison Township restored a hard hit park with new cherry trees that are blooming this year.

Now named Woodland Hills, the Trotwood-based apartment complex will be torn down and salvaged to create new housing in the area.

It’s been five years since nearly 20 tornadoes hit the Dayton area on Memorial Day and left dozens of people injured and one killed. Over 7,000 homes were damaged. A survivor looks back at the tragedy that affected him and how he is moving forward.

In the wake of the 2019 Memorial Day Tornadoes in the Dayton area, numerous nonprofits are helping survivors repair their homes or to move into new ones.

A Dayton-based company is building storm- resistant homes. They say the homes are designed to withstand strong winds and are environmentally sustainable.

Nearly 600 buildings in 15 counties statewide will be torn down as part of the Ohio Building and Site Revitalization Program. That includes more than 260 projects through the Montgomery County Land Bank.

A strip of condos along Shoup Mill Road in Harrison Township are being demolished this week. That’s after they’ve been sitting abandoned after the 2019 tornadoes made them unsafe.

Sinclair Park in Harrison Township is back open to the public this spring, three years after the 2019 Dayton tornadoes

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley gave her farewell address on Friday.

Over a dozen volunteers met up in Old North Dayton during the weekend of April 17 to replant trees that were uprooted by the Memorial Day tornados in 2019. Members of the United Methodist Disaster Team have been driving from Columbus to Old North Dayton almost every month since the tornados.

The non-profit organization RETREET is coming to the Miami Valley to plant trees. The 2019 Memorial Day tornadoes damaged much of the natural vegetation in the area.

The Ohio Emergency Management Agency is ramping up a financial program that will help people during extreme weather events. It’s the Ohio Safe Room Rebate Program and the program provides as much as 75% of the costs to build a home storm shelter.