Despite nearly everything but them being taken away in the storms, the former pastor says his unique sense of optimism is what keeps him going.

An apparent powerful tornado tore through Russell, Pulaski and Laurel County in Kentucky late Friday night, leaving a trail of destruction and killing several.

Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.

The National Weather Service has completed the tornado assessment in Laurel County, Kentucky. The preliminary data showed high end EF3 damage, with low end EF4 indicators, mainly in the Sunshine Hills area of London,

Residents of London, Kentucky, are continuing to clear debris in the aftermath of a deadly tornado outbreak last week, but the danger isn’t over as a new threat of severe weather looms on Tuesday. FOX News Multimedia Reporter Chelsea Torres has the latest from London on.

Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.

The relentless spring severe weather continues, with the latest severe storm threat Tuesday centered across the lower Ohio and Tennessee valleys. This includes Kentucky, which just endured a deadly tornado outbreak last Friday.