Safe from the Storm: Wetumpka tornado, five years later
2024 marks five years since a devastating tornado touched down near downtown Wetumpka. While no lives were lost, part of the city was left in ruins.
The tornado struck on January 19, 2019. It damaged or destroyed around 150 buildings. Some of the worst damage was just across the bridge from downtown Wetumpka, at First Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church and at the police department building.
The churches have been rebuilt. Other buildings are gone forever.
See the memories of those who were there in the video above from Action 8’s Estee Morrison.
