Tornado Victim's Husband Died Last Month

As many people went back to work Monday, residents in parts of Ohio and Kentucky began their week cleaning up after treacherous weather struck over the weekend.

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Two of the hardest-hit areas were Mason and Lewis counties in northeastern Kentucky, where tornadoes sent 17 people to hospitals Saturday evening. Dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed in a six-mile stretch between the two counties. As of Monday evening, two people remained hospitalized, though they're both expected to make full recoveries, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Brian Hamrick reported.

A woman in Lewis County told Hamrick Monday that Saturday's destruction took place just a month after carbon monoxide poisoning killed her husband at their home. Now, she's left literally picking up the pieces of her home.

"(The tornado) took the roof off the house, and the porch, and tore down the cinder-block garage and knocked my car and ripped the back of my truckbed off," Linda Sue Bloomfield said. "This is rough."

Bloomfield said the accidental carbon monoxide leak almost killed her, too.

"The next thing I know I'm waking up in the hospital, and they were telling me that he was gone," she said.

Plywood, tubing, cinder blocks and other debris were strewn all over Bloomfield's property, some of which was even found 100 yards away from her house, Hamrick reported.

Delhi Dogged By Flooding

Insurance adjusters were busy in Delhi Township Monday, as weekend flooding damaged dozens of homes and cost many families tens of thousands of dollars in damage, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Mark Kahler reported.

The Flagg family lost a water heater, refrigerator, a washer and dryer and other items.

Just down the street from the Flaggs, Lonnie Lynch's tools were ruined, but he told Kahler that he lost other items that are irreplaceable.

"It's unreal," he said. "(I lost) stuff you can never replace, like pictures, and grandkids' pictures and their children."

Delhi Township Administrator Joe Morency said that the amount of damage is immense.

"I've been here 29 years, and except for the last flood in, I think it was 1978, this is the worst I've seen it," he said. "It's been horrible."

Floods Frustrate Fairfax Residents

Residents in Fairfax are familiar with potential weather problems for this time of year, but that didn't make Saturday's flooding any more pleasant.

The Little Duck Creek raged out of its banks Saturday, and while no injuries were reported, many families were forced out of their homes when their basements were filled with flood water.

Now that the waters are receding, mud and debris are starting to pile up. The Red Cross has been on hand to help those in need, and to remind people to take care of themselves and their homes.

If you need assistance, you can call the Red Cross at (513) 579-3000, or, if you're in northern Kentucky, you can call (859) 371-1800.