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Logan County Tornado: Remembering lives lost, destruction, devastation 1 year later

Logan County tornado damage (Courtesy of Ohio State Highway Patrol)

Today marks one year since an EF-3 tornado tipped through the Miami Valley.

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News Center 7 will be in Logan County today. We will look at what’s changed and how these communities are coming together today on News Center 7 at 5:00.

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>>PHOTOS: Severe storms, radar-confirmed tornadoes move through Miami Valley

There will be a remembrance event in Logan County tonight.

“A Community in Remembrance Event” will take place tonight at Indian Lake High School auditorium, according to a Facebook post.

“Join us on the one-year anniversary of the tornado to remember those we lost and honor what we have overcome as a community,” Anchored in Hope said in a Facebook post.

The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The event starts at 7 p.m.

>>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Fatalities confirmed in Logan County; Storm-related damage, injuries reported across region

As previously reported by News Center 7, three people died in these tornados. They were 81-year-old Marilyn Snapp, 70-year-old Darla Williams, and 69-year-old Neal Longfellow.

Both women lived at Geiger Mobile Home Park on Harrison Street in Lakeview, while Longfellow lived nearby in Orchard Island.

>>RELATED: All 3 victims killed in tornado in Logan County identified

The tornado destroyed over 130 buildings and damaged hundreds of others.

We will update this story.

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