A decade ago, Hurricane Katrina left a path of destruction across the southeast.
It destroyed communities, relocated families, and even left a mark in parts of Central Georgia.
Dinah King is tilling soil to plant some grass near her home on Vienna Street, but said she still remembers the day a tornado stormed through Fort Valley and left a mass of debris in her yard.
"It just got dark," she said, "Me and my kids were in there, and we were pretty scared."
Peach County EMA Director Thomas Doles says the tornado touched down three days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
It blew across Vienna, Hampton, and Hiley streets, and Taylor Mills Road.
A clearing on Taylor Mills Road used to hold around 40 pecan trees, before the tornado uprooted them.
"The cleanup effort took us probably about two weeks. We had a lot of debris, as you can imagine," said Doles.
It also destroyed the Robins Federal Credit Union on Blue Bird Boulevard.
Doles says the storm cut a 3-and-a-half mile path of damage through Fort Valley.
"We had a few trees down on houses, we lost a couple of barns," he said.
He also said the federal disaster aid didn't cover all of the damage, so people in the community put together a recovery fund for low income families that were affected.
Doles says his department started preparing a plan for tropical storm Erika Monday, in case it affects Central Georgia.
