EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers were immediately mobilized in Indiana when the deadliest tornado to hit the state in more than 30 years killed at least 23 people and cut a path 20 miles long in the early morning hours Nov. 6.
The same storm system spawned a tornado that damaged much of downtown Munfordville, Ky., and another that wrought havoc on a Churchill Downs-affiliated racetrack in Henderson, Ky.
Preliminary reports indicated that at Gateway Baptist Church, Newburgh, Ind., part of the roof was blown off and a pavilion was destroyed by the twister, according to a spokesperson with the Southwest Baptist Association in Evansville. No other churches in the association reported problems after the storm.
Indiana Baptist disaster relief workers were on the scene immediately after the storm to begin cleaning up with chain saws, and a Kentucky Baptist feeding unit was set up in the parking lot of the Southwest Association, prepared to serve meals to those displaced by the tornado.
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