Buildings around Point Place still have damage, and houses are waiting for roofs. But the area is healing from the tornado, with hundreds of trees being planted.
TOLEDO, Ohio —
One year after an EF-2 tornado hit Point Place, the community is still working to rebuild.
“It happened suddenly, without warning,” Mike DeLong, a Point Place resident of 17 years, said.
DeLong said he didn’t know it was a tornado that had impacted the area at first. He said he was outside when a storm started to roll in on June 15, 2023.
He said hail came down, and it was the largest hail he had ever seen. DeLong said his car and roof had hail damage.
“We started driving around,” he said. “There were trees down everywhere. All the streets had trees covering them.”
He said neighbors came out to start clearing the roads with chainsaws and clippers.
“Neighbors were helping neighbors,” …