Coronavirus: a year after tornado devastation, Covid-19 hurts Ohio’s Ahiska Turks – The National

Coronavirus: a year after tornado devastation, Covid-19 hurts Ohio’s Ahiska Turks – The National

Coronavirus: a year after tornado devastation, Covid-19 hurts Ohio's Ahiska Turks. For Dayton's 2,500-strong Ahiska Turk community it is just the latest blow after a tornado destroyed several of their freight and furniture businesses in May last year.. Over the past decade, they have come to be considered a migrant success story and have been welcomed by the city in part for their work renovating derelict buildings and for establishing a robust transport industry.. Like the community's other restaurants, barber shops and haulage businesses, the economic fallout from coronavirus has hit hard.. For Ruslan Kilich, whose haulage warehouse and lorry fleet - a two-minute drive from Ms Salamova's restaurant - were almost wiped out by last year's tornado, things are difficult.. His company is to receive compensation for the damage caused by last year's tornado, and the warehouse remains under construction.. Aliser Bektash's furniture store in north Dayton was also partially destroyed by last year's tornado.. Though Covid-19 fatalities in Dayton's Montgomery county have remained relatively low, according to community leaders, several Ahiska Turk men have contracted the virus - thankfully, they recovered.. Still grappling with the fear they faced in the wake of the tornado, Ms Salamova's family now