43 minutes agoU.S. tornado victims face 94
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The number of victims, as a result of powerful tornadoes that have hit the United States, is continuing to rise. So far 94 victims have been reported, meanwhile, research is under way in parts of six American states destroyed by these tornadoes. The American president has declared a state of disaster in Kentucky, the most affected state. At least 80 [...]
The American president has declared a state of disaster in Kentucky, the most affected state.
At least 80 people have died in this country, including dozens in a candle factory, and the death toll is expected to increase by over 100.
Kentucky Vice Governor Jacques Coleman told the BBC that the death toll was continuing to rise “per hour”.
Our emergency response operations are still monitoring the damage and knocking on doors and addressing people trying to contact to see who is alive”, she said.
Local Congressman James Comer, working with rescuers in the ruined town of Mayfield, said the tornado there was the first ever.
It's the most devastating damage I've seen in my entire life. We've had tornadoes that have been the same length as this tornado, but we've never had one with the width of this”, he said.
