Wednesday, June 5th 2024, 5:31 pm
People in Claremore have been recovering from the tornado for two weeks now.
There’s been a huge effort to clean up the destruction left behind by the tornado, but for many people, this is just the beginning of a long road to recovery.
Several homes on the east side of town by Will Rogers Downs are shattered and left exposed to the elements.
The First Baptist Church along Highway 20 has been tarped over, and line crews are still out making repairs across the area.
The City Manager says almost all of the homes that can receive power are back online, with around 50 customers still without.
For a community hit this hard by Mother Nature, getting back to normal will take months.
Dustin has covered national stories including the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Moore tornado, and the Joplin tornado. Dustin joined the News On 6 team in 2000 as a video tape and master control operator, later, a live truck operator who fulfilled his dream to become a pilot of Osage SkyNews 6 in 2018.
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