A family in northern Indiana discovered that their home was completely destroyed by the Memorial Day tornado, but was also surprised to find an unscathed Bible among the rubble.
Sanders told the news station that if her sister’s family was in the basement, they would have been sucked out.
The house currently lies bare, reported the news station, save for a number of items such as household items, quilts, and a Holy Bible.
“The majority of household items we’re finding here, but we found her quilt in the woods over there and her red wagon in the swamp,” Sander told the news station.
Response to the Storms
In Twitter posts, President Donald Trump described the storms across Ohio and other states as “very dangerous and damaging,” and noted that his administration is looking into helping those left suffering from the extreme weather.“My team continues to update me with reports from emergency managers in the States affected. Listen to your local officials and be resilient,” Trump said in the post. “We are with you!”
The National weather service has received 934 tornado reports so far this year, up from the yearly average of 743 observed tornadoes. More than 500 of those reports came in the last 30 days. The actual number is likely lower, however, because some of the reports are likely to have come from different witnesses about the same twister.
The United States has experienced a lull in the number of tornadoes since 2012, with tornado counts tracking at or below average each year. Meteorologists still working to figure out why.
The recent surge in tornado activity over the past two weeks was driven by high pressure over the southeast and an unusually cold trough over the Rockies that forced warm, moist air into the central United States, sparking repeated severe thunderstorms and periodic tornadoes.