A number of Massachusetts communities are confronting the long and painful task of rebuilding shattered lives and livelihoods Friday, just days after three deadly tornadoes flattened more than 200 homes, killed at least three people and scattered debris across the state.
Springfield-based Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. will donate $100,000 to assist relief efforts for the tornadoes that struck Springfield and Western Massachusetts on Wednesday.
See how three homes in one Monson neighborhood are affected differently by the tornadoes.
Bank of America has stepped up with at least a $50,000 commitment to aid Western Massachusetts communities affected by Wednesday’s tornadoes.
Watch as a convoy of National Guard vehicles makes its way to help tornado victims near Sturbridge.
Berkshire Bank’s Springfield and East Longmeadow locations will reopen Friday, following a temporary closure due to tornado damage and power disruptions.
Realtors in the Springfield area, who normally spend their days showing and listing properties for sale, instead struggled Thursday to help clients and neighbors deal with the storm’s aftermath.
Like most Western Massachusetts residents, Hampden County Register of Deeds Donald E. Ashe was caught wholly by surprise when a tornado ripped through Downtown Springfield, damaging his registry office and injuring a number of his employees.
Listen to Paul Sears and Brian Sears – brokers and co-owners of Sears Real Estate in Springfield, and Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley Executive Vice President Ben Scranton discuss the aftermath of Wednesday’s tornadoes.
View the latest photos from the tornado wreckage.
A day after two tornadoes tore through the region, business leaders struggled to cope with the devastation that ripped rooftops off buildings, destroyed houses and shattered the lives of thousands of residents.
In the absence of any official state or town presence, residents of Monson – among the towns hardest hit by yesterday’s string of deadly tornadoes – have banded together to share information, photographs and advice via a hastily organized Facebook page.
Early Thursday morning Justin Encarnacion was perched on the end of his cot at the MassMutual Center, his temporary home a few hours after a tornado ripped off the roof of his fourth-floor apartment on Central Street.
