Fairdale

Photos: Take a look back at some of the Daily Chronicle's news coverage and photos taken in the aftermath of a deadly tornado on April 9, 2015, that swept through DeKalb, Lee and Boone counties, killing two Fairdale residents and injuring dozens more.

A decade after the strongest tornado to come through DeKalb County in recorded history decimated Fairdale, the scars left by the storm still are evident across the small but persisting town.

Spring is here, but as the daily average temperature in DeKalb County rises, a warmer and wetter weather threat emerges: severe thunder storms, tornados and flash flooding.

Clem Schultz said his wife, Geraldine Schultz, is still with him every day, even though she lost her life in a tornado which devastated the unincorporated town of Fairdale in north DeKalb County five years ago.

Jacklyn K. Klosa, 69, of Fairdale, was found at her home, Miller said. Klosa died of injuries she sustained during the storm, Miller said. She was found in a bathroom, clutching her purse, he said.

DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller said Friday that a second person was killed in the tornado that struck Fairdale on Thursday.

There were no tornado warning sirens in the rural residential area, authorities said.