LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Friday marks one week since a deadly tornado ripped through several Kentucky communities. Throughout the week, we’ve brought you countless stories of survival and recovery. While one week has passed, it will take months, likely even years, for the community to pick up the pieces and rebuild.

A small church in the county is opening its doors — and its heart — to a community in crisis after one of the deadliest tornadoes in the state's history.

At least 19 people have died from tornadoes in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said as of May 18. Earlier that day, London Mayor Randall Weddle said 23 people had died in Laurel County alone ...

We are hearing 911 calls during Friday's severe weather in Kentucky. Dispatchers answered more than 600 calls during the storms and tornadoes. A deadly tornado tore through communities in Laurel County, leveling homes in its path. That tornado, which was confirmed to be an EF-4, claimed 19 lives. Seventeen of those deaths were in Laurel County.

A Kentucky woman is reunited with her wedding dress following a tornado. The woman's neighbor described the moment she discovered the gown and her mission to find the owner using a lost and found Facebook page.

Heavy damage from the storm was reported in Pulaski and Laurel counties in southeastern Kentucky ... shelters for victims. A tornado reportedly tore across Laurel County just before midnight ...

LEX 18 has been following the recovery of a couple in their 60s who each lost an arm as they held each other through the storm.

The move would help get federal assistance moving into Kentucky to help people who saw damage to their homes after deadly tornadoes and severe weather last week. There have been reports of FEMA being on the ground, so WBIR 10News spoke with some people who live in the area.