Dozens are feared dead after severe storms and tornadoes hit central U.S. states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois, with emergency crews currently trying to respond to damage and injury reports.
Some 50 people are likely to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday, the Washington Post quoted Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear as saying. The Post quoted Beshear as saying in an interview with local TV station WLKY that the number of dead could be “significantly north of that.”
“I fear that there are more than 50 dead in Kentucky… probably closer to somewhere between 70 and 100, it’s devastating,” he told a news conference early Saturday.
“The reports are really heartbreaking,” the Post quoted him as saying. It added that a spokeswoman for the state’s emergency management service said that rescue officials had not confirmed figures for deaths or injuries as of early Saturday.
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