Rev. Edwina Landry, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Rome, walks past salvaged steeple clock faces recovered from the destroyed steeple of the church in Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Cleanup continues around the heavily damaged city center after the EF2 tornado touched down one week earlier. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Landlord and multiple home owner Richard Secor looks towards other damage near his properties on Henry Street in South Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, following an EF2 tornado that touched down in the population center one week earlier. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A truck lays destroyed by bricks and timber from a large warehouse in Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in the wake of an EF2 tornado which touched down in the population center Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Several businesses, including Scotty's Smoke House Barbecue, were heavily damaged. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A destroyed children's playhouse rests behind the heavily damaged homes owned by landlord and owner Richard Secor, on Henry Street in South Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, following an EF2 tornado that touched down in the population center one week earlier. Residents are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A car sits under rubble, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in Rome, N.Y. after a nearby building on W. Dominick was destroyed, one week earlier by an EF2 tornado. Residents of Rome are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Debris and crushed outbuildings rest behind heavly damaged and destroyed homes along Henry Street in South Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, following an EF2 tornado that touched down in the population center one week earlier. Residents are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Debris rests in the rear window of vehicle as workers repair a roof, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in Rome, N.Y. An EF2 tornado touched down in the city center one week earlier. Residents are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Allison Graves of New York Mills, N.Y., right, owner of the now abandoned New York Dance Academy studio, stands with Owen Brown of New York Mills, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Rome, N.Y., as they empty the dance space of belongings after a tornado struck one week earlier. Residents are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Scott Smith, owner of Scotty's Smoke House Barbecue stands by what's left of the large warehouse that was headquarters for his businesses, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in Rome, N.Y. Cleanup continues around the heavily damaged city center after an EF2 tornado touched down one week earlier. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Allison Graves, left, of New York Mills, N.Y., owner of the now abandoned New York Dance Academy studio, removes salvaged items with the help of Owen Brown of New York Mills, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Rome, N.Y. as they empty the dance space of belongings after a tornado struck last week. Cleanup continues around the heavily damaged city center after the EF2 tornado touched down on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Demolition and property recovery workers are lifted into the wrecked framework of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, as salvage operations continue following an EF2 tornado that touched down one week earlier in the city's population center. Residents are vowing to rebuild. But some of the damage was so severe that the path forward is uncertain for many in this old manufacturing city, where people are more accustomed to digging out from snowstorms than from piles of rubble. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Jane Grace Taylor, of Webster, N.Y., who painted the "Patriot Wall" mural just before the September 11 attacks in 2001, visits the site where the mural lay in ruin, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in Rome, N.Y. The building where the mural was created on W. Dominick Street was destroyed one week earlier by an EF2 tornado. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
A vintage sedan, owned by Scott Smith, owner of Scotty's Smoke House Barbecue, lays crushed by brick and timbers from a large warehouse in Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Much of Smith's business equipment was destroyed after an EF2 tornado touched down one week earlier. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
St. Mary of the Assumption Oratory rests heavily damaged in Rome, N.Y., Tuesday, July 23, 2024, following the touchdown of an EF2 tornado one week earlier, in the city's population and business center. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)