Although recent media coverage has focused its attention on the tornadoes damage in North Alabama, some counties in West Alabama have been left to pick up the pieces out of the limelight.

Perry County, which saw five tornados during the two major systems that past through the state, is still cleaning up across the county.

While the storm system that saw Alabama suffer heavy loss of life sent two twisters through the county, it was the storms on April 15 that did the bulk of the damage.

“The majority of damage done in last weeks tornados was in rural areas,” Perry County Emergency Management Agency director DeAndrae Kimbrough said. “It hit one farm and damaged their barn and silo, but we didn’t have any other damage reported from that storm.”

Three tornados ripped through Perry during the April 15 storms, which also had a confirmed tornado in the north part of Dallas County.

Those tornadoes, according to Kimbrough, did major damage to the county including Uniontown.

“We are still picking up the damage from that set of storms,” Kimbrough said. “There was damage about two miles from Marion. We were able to clear county roads 45,65,1,21 and are cleaning up Uniontown now.”

With such severe weather already, Kimbrough said Perry County is prepared for whatever weather might come ahead, even though he hopes it doesn’t.

“Already this year we have had ice, snow and tornados,” Kimbrough said. “I hate to think what hurricane season will bring us. Whatever it is though, we’ll be ready.”