Popular country singer Zach Bryan helps Elkhorn community clean up tornado damage

SALVATION ARMY. WELL, THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA CAME OUT TO HELP WITH THE AFTERMATH. OF FRIDAY'S STORM, MANY SAYING IT'S THEIR OBLIGATION AND THEIR DUTY DURING TIMES LIKE THIS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S EDIE MESSEL IS LIVE IN ELKHORN WITH MORE ON THE CLEANUP EFFORTS THAT CONTINUE TODAY. YEAH, KALE THOSE VOLUNTEERS, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE IN THIS ELKHORN NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS DESTROYED. WE'RE CURRENTLY STANDING IN WHAT USED TO BE THE BACKYARD OF A HOME TO THE LEFT OF US AND IN FRONT OF US THAT ARE COMPLETELY. DECIMATED. THEY ARE NO LONGER HERE. UM, I'M GOING TO STEP AWAY HERE. I LET TYLER, OUR PHOTOGRAPHER HERE, JUST GIVE YOU A LOOK OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IN THIS ELKHORN COMMUNITY. AGAIN, INSULATION ALL IN ALL THE TREES AND IN WHAT'S LEFT. OF THE TREES, MATTRESSES ON THE FLOORS OR STOVES EVERYWHERE, OR PILLOWS, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF JUST LINING THESE BACKYARDS OF WHAT USED TO BE FULL HOUSES. SO AGAIN, THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY NEED THEM. AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER TODAY, IT WILL BEGIN AT 730. SO THAT'S COMING UP HERE. IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES YOU JUST GO TO THE RELEVANT CENTER. IT'S OFF OF 212TH AND WEST MAPLE HERE AGAIN, THERE'S OVER 2000 LAST YEAR OR EXCUSE NOT LAST YEAR. YESTERDAY EXPECTING THERE TO BE A LOT MORE HERE TODAY.

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Popular country singer Zach Bryan helps Elkhorn community clean up tornado damage

Country singer and songwriter Zach Bryan headed to Elkhorn amid the devastation left by Friday's storm. The star was spotted among other volunteers aiding in the cleanup effort. Something Bryan said he and his band members are doing while in town for his upcoming shows. "I want to offer some honest prayers and hopes to the communities affected by the tornados through them," Bryan said in an Instagram post. In a picture posted to his page, Bryan showed homes left destroyed by that violent tornado. Bryan said as an American and Omaha native he wanted to give back. In an Instagram post, he said, "Without taking credit from the thousands of people lending a hand who have roots here, we love you so much and we'll do all we can to help."

ELKHORN, Neb. —

Country singer and songwriter Zach Bryan headed to Elkhorn amid the devastation left by Friday's storm.

The star was spotted among other volunteers aiding in the cleanup effort. Something Bryan said he and his band members are doing while in town for his upcoming shows.

"I want to offer some honest prayers and hopes to the communities affected by the tornados through them," Bryan said in an Instagram post.

In a picture posted to his page, Bryan showed homes left destroyed by that violent tornado.

Bryan said as an American and Omaha native he wanted to give back.

In an Instagram post, he said, "Without taking credit from the thousands of people lending a hand who have roots here, we love you so much and we'll do all we can to help."