OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – News 4 caught up with a southeast Oklahoma City family who survived an EF3 tornado on Sunday that’s left their home in desperate need of repairs.
News 4’s John Hayes interviewed Jennifer Mancheva during a live broadcast Sunday morning outside of her home. Her neighborhood, just west of Southeast 89th Street and Sooner Road, took a direct hit from the tornado. At the time, Mancheva described the storm as sounding as if something exploded, and in the later hours of the morning it was hard to wrap her head around the full extent of the damage.
“When there’s so much damage, you can’t take it all in at once,” said Mancheva.
Mancheva allowed News 4 crews into her home on Monday to survey the full extent while her and her husband sorted through their belongings and cleaned.
Most of the damage is centered around the second floor. The roof of the home has been ripped off in several places, including over two rooms, an attic, part of the kitchen and part of the garage. A large amount of rain throughout Sunday caused a significant amount of damage that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair according to Mancheva.