Clarksville, Tenn. (WTVF) – According to local officials, more than 120 houses and 14 companies have been damaged after storms in the past few days. Montgomery County and the city of Clarksville have explained a common state of emergency from the local expression.
“The water rose very quickly,” said Beverly Fanning in Farmington.
With a total of 10.1 inches rain in five days, the districts flooded in Clarksville, such as Farmington.
“You just don’t think it will happen to you, and then it does it and you are how, what do I do? What do I do?” Fanning explained.
Beverly Fanning and her family of four had to be evacuated from their house on Sunday and left many essentials. The local non -profit Yaipak occurs to meet the need.
“I even brought my own things here, my daughters,” added Fanning. “It’s kind of like, oh, wow … you never think that you will come here to use and get things. And here we are.”
The employees Jayme Morse helps families like Fanning to select their objects. You are your neighbors. Morses at home in Farmington was hardly spared the floods.
“Many of them went on their feet even without shoes,” said Morse. “And so we try to meet these needs.”
According to Morse, many neighbors were surprised and have no flood insurance. “None of us are preparing for something like that if we are technically not in a flood zone,” added Morse.
More than 4,500 inhabitants were driven out by floods. On Monday, Yaipak helped 44 families to get food, hygiene kits and clothing. Founder Sherry Nicholson says that they also support people in other parts of Tennessee and Kentucky.
“They all have a personal buyer and they can get through and get everything they need,” said Nicholson.
They offer everything someone needs, from clothing to food to cleaning of supplies.
“For some people, they may not understand where they should go or who will be there. We will be there, and that is so important to let them know,” added Nicholson. “And that is the first step in your healing something as traumatic as the entire loss of everything you have built up for your life.”
This loss is something that fanning and your neighbors are still trying to navigate.
“I have no idea what the next steps are for us and what it looks like,” said Fanning. But the help of Yaipak brings a certain relief in the middle of uncertainty.
Yaipak’s warehouse on the Paradise Hill is open all week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to serve and receive local flood victims.
If you want to support your ongoing aid measures, you can give here.
Do you have more information about this story? You can send me an e -mail to pats.montesinos@newschannel5.com
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