Belton's Storm Recovery: Community Unites

0:00It's April 19, this is Kansas News Today, local news powered by AI. Belting got slammed by mef1 tornado last Friday night, touching down for five minutes with peak winds hitting 110 miles per hour. The city's still deep and clean of mode, hauling debris, and fixing up the damage across town. Neighbors and volunteers jumped in right away over the weekend, cutting trees and clearing yards to get folks back on their feet. Half-quest church even canceled their Sunday 11 a.m. service to pitch in, showing up with chainsaws and trucks everywhere. Residents like Widow, Yvonne Garmin, felt the heartbreak first. Her 60-year-old trees got wrecked, leaving her yard a mess and her wonder and how to. Handle it solo. But then church folks and neighbors rolled up, turning her anxiety into straight relief, proven community got her back. Others saw fences tossed into the cemetery, and debris piled high, but the help kept coming from Holland branches to build and debris piles off marquee. Road, folks like Jenna Schwarting and Markeel called it overwomen gratitude, highlighting

1:03that real, neighborly spirit. Pastor Chris Pinyan says the church crews sticking around all next week lend in hands and spread and hope through the storm. In Belting, recoveries roll in strong, because when disaster drops, the people rise together.