“Ohatchee is forever on the map now — unfortunately,” Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday as she toured the rural Calhoun County community devastated by Thursday’s tornado.
Five were killed in the storm, including a family of three — Barbara Harris, her husband, Joe Wayne Harris, and their daughter, Ebonique Harris.
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