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Little Flock family's home hit by second tornado this year

Just days after paying off all the damage from May's tornadoes, the Puckett family became victims of another tornado in November.

LITTLE FLOCK, Ark. — The Puckett family were victims of the Memorial Day tornadoes, and it took them until last week to fully recover. Days after paying off all construction costs to recover from May, they were hit once again on Nov. 4.

The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF2 tornado hit the small town of Little Flock, damaging several homes. 

"I just finished last week taking care of all of the things from the May storm, paying the roofers, paying all the contractors that fixed everything from the May storm. And then this storm hit Monday evening, and, you know, we hit the ground running Tuesday," the land owner's daughter Sally Puckett said.

After the family was struck by devastation again, the community came together even stronger to help them the second time.

"We've had wonderful people from the churches, my mother's church and my church come together and help us with cleaning up, with unloading things, because everything has to come out of the house and the barn and just trying to find our new normal, our footing." Said Sally.

"We have great support," land owner Diane Puckett said. "Our church family is supporting us. It's amazing how the town has come together just to support us."

This property has been in their family for nearly a century, and while the house is fixable, some features on the land are not.

"Between the prairie and our land, we lost 11 trees, all very large trees, things that cannot be replaced," Sally said. "Thankfully, we can rebuild our homes. The trees are the saddest part for us. We love this land. That's what's most important to us. And you know, the fact that all these beautiful trees are now gone is really, really hard." 

Diane said while it was scary, she was just glad everyone was OK.

"So thankful that all my family's fine," Diane said. "We're all shaken up a little bit." 

Diane said the home originally belonged to her parents who concluded construction on it in 1998. 

"It's been our family home for quite a while, and to step outside and see half of the building gone, you're like, 'How can that happen?'" Diane said.

If you want to help support the family financially, click here to donate to their GoFundMe page.

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