Overview

• On May 29 around 3:30 p.m., a tornado struck near Locust Grove, Georgia, destroying Tray Chaney’s home and briefly knocking him unconscious.
• Neighbors discovered 18-year-old Malachi Chaney roughly 300 feet from his bedroom in the woods behind the wreckage.
• Malachi remains in intensive care with multiple broken ribs and a fractured facial bone under his parents’ constant care.
• National Weather Service meteorologist Keith Stellman confirmed the twister carved a path just west of Interstate 75 between Locust Grove and McDonough.
• Officials are mapping the tornado’s route after it formed part of a larger severe weather event that prompted warnings across the Atlanta metro area.