As many as 50 people are “likely” to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other US states, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said | tornado
He told local TV station WLKY that the number of dead could be “significantly north of that”, the Washington Post reported.
“We believe we’ll lose at least dozens of those individuals,” Beshear was quoted as saying by the Times. Craighead County Judge Marvin Day told The Associated Press that a tornado struck the Monette Manor nursing home at about 8.15pm, trapping 20 people inside as the building collapsed. About 90 minutes later the building had been cleared and everyone initially believed to have been inside had been accounted for, but Day said crews still must search the debris for possible additional victims.In Illinois, authorities said many people were trapped after a roof partially collapsed at an Amazon.
The storms caused a CSX company freight train to derail in western Kentucky, although it said no injuries were reported, the Times said. “A lot of folks like to turn off their alerts when they sleep,” Beitscher said, but it’s not a good idea when unsettled weather takes place in the evening and overnight hours.
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