{"id":114389,"date":"2025-05-19T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114389\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:05:10","slug":"london-residents-recount-deadly-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114389\/","title":{"rendered":"London residents recount deadly storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Ky. \u2014\u00a0The first few days <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/ky\/louisville\/news\/2025\/05\/17\/governor-beshear-laurel-county-storms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after a storm<\/a> are a different kind of hectic.<\/p>\n<p><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survivors are reflecting on Friday night&#8217;s deadly storm in London\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The storm killed at least 19 people, 17 of whom were in Laurel County\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Countless homes and businesses were destroyed\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at a disaster, is what we\u2019re looking at,&#8221; said London resident Stanley Hensley.<\/p>\n<p>Hensley hasn&#8217;t had much time to think about how close to death he came.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/london_kitchen_storm_damage_ky_0519.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"right\" img-data-width=\"percent-fifty\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A kitchen is all that stands as a house sits destroyed May 18, 2025, after the May 16 severe storm that killed at least 19 people, injured several others and caused widespread property damage. (Spectrum News 1\/Jonathon Gregg)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A kitchen is all that stands as a house sits destroyed May 18, 2025, after the May 16 severe storm that killed at least 19 people, injured several others and caused widespread property damage. (Spectrum News 1\/Jonathon Gregg)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the bathroom, master bedroom; we come out through that hole right there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hensley and his wife huddled in the bathtub as a tornado destroyed every home along Saddle Road. His neighbor kicked through the wall and pulled him out after the storm passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody was screaming to help each other, and it was so fast, so quick; there was nothing to think about,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the street, Andy Johnson rushed his family to his grandfather&#8217;s house before the storm hit. Everything on the first floor was blown away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole back side of the basement is ripped out,&#8221; said Katie Nelson, Johnson&#8217;s sister-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Nelson&#8217;s family lives in this neighborhood. Three out of those four homes are damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s devastating; I grew up here,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;This is my home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We walked this neighborhood. I mean, all the neighborhood kids used to play together, all of these homes. We used to be in and out of them all through my childhood. It&#8217;s devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a matter of seconds, their neighborhood was taken. Yet their resolve to help one another stands firm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God has blessed us beyond blessing,&#8221; Hensley said. &#8220;And my life relies on God.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, Ky. \u2014\u00a0The first few days after a storm are a different kind of hectic. 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