Tornadoes Rip Across Five States, at Least 70 Dead
At least 70 people were killed when tornadoes swept across five states overnight, causing a train to derail and destroying a candle factory in Western Kentucky, tearing the roof off an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and obliterating a nursing home in Arkansas.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the death toll is likely to rise, and may reach 100 in the Bluegrass State alone. “This will be I believe the deadliest tornado system to ever run through Kentucky,” he said at a late morning press conference.
The towns of Mayfield and Dawson Springs, Kentucky, were both leveled by the powerful twister. “Everything along the line of this tornado, that touched down and stayed down for 227 miles, over 200 in Kentucky, has been severely and significantly impacted,” he said.
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