Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The 140 mph winds that roared through the city of Beavercreek and other parts of the Miami Valley on Monday night ripped off roofs, blew out windows and drove stones and broken gutters into the sides of buildings.
Residents and business owners here on Tuesday started the long process of cleaning and assessing damages left by the EF 3 tornado.
Building debris and toppled trees littered the green lawns of the suburban homes along Lakeview Drive and Haines Road, a few blocks from where workers were busy cleaning up at Aldi’s Food Market and dozens of other businesses along North Fairfield Road.
On Kemp Road, the large front doors on fire Station 63 were bent and nearly blown off and fire trucks in the large building were damaged by debris blown in from the wind.
Wright State Disaster Relief Fund
The Wright State University Alumni Association has created the Wright State Disaster Relief Fund to help meet the needs of students, faculty, staff, and alumni affected by the tornadoes that impacted the Maimi Valley on Memorial Day. If you would like to help, please consider giving here.
“Looking at the damage, you’d think more were injured or died, but as far as we know, there hasn’t been any deaths in Beavercreek related to this event,” said City Manager Pete Landrum.
Traffic was shut down on North Fairfield at Kemp Road and dozens of stores in the area were closed because of damages or were without power.
Wright State Univeristy assistant women’s soccer coach Travis Sobers’ home at the corner of Kemp Road and Rustic View had a number of large trees down on top of it and vehicles.
He and his family said they experienced the storm in their basement and felt their ears pop from the pressure.
This afternoon some of his players came to help pick up the mess.
