Communities still searching among damage caused by deadly tornadoes in the US South and Midwest are turning to the grim task of honouring and burying their dead
Kentucky was hit hardest by the outbreak of tornadoes with 74 people confirmed dead and over 100 people still missing.
He announced that the federal government would cover 100 percent of costs of emergency work for the first 30 days after the extreme weather event. "That's what people are looking for right now. A lot of hard work has to happen in the next two or three months to bring it all the way back." Residents of Dawson Springs salvage possessions in the aftermath of tornadoes that tore through the region, in Kentucky, December 15, 2021.
With estimated peak winds of 241 kilometres per hour, the storm's force was so severe that the roof was ripped off the building and 11-inch thick concrete walls longer than football fields fell in on themselves.Fatalities in Kentucky ranged in age from five months old to 86.
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