By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com (Photo courtesy of Dana Dobbins)

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — We will never forget April 27, 2011, and the massive tornado that made its path across DeKalb County.

When an EF-5 tornado passed through Rainsville, the wind peak was greater than 200 miles per hour and with a path measuring 33.8 miles long and ¾ miles wide, killing 35 people in the area and 238 across the state, according to the National Weather Service. 

Nine years later, the memories of the storms still linger in the minds of everyone.