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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on December 12, 2021, 03:37:49 pm
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Death Toll, Damage Bill Rising as Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across Central U.S.
Simon Kent 12 Dec 2021
A series of tornadoes that tore a path of destruction across central and southern parts of the U.S. in the past 48-hours left dozens dead and communities grieving in their wake.
Severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding rocked Kentucky and the Midwest late Friday and early Saturday where dozens remain missing.
One twister alone could mark the longest on record as the stormfront upended a candle factory, crushed a nursing home and flattened an Amazon distribution center, AP reports.
“I pray that there will be another rescue. I pray that there will be another one or two,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said, as crews sifted through the wreckage of the candle factory in Mayfield, where 110 people were working overnight Friday when the storm hit. Forty were rescued.
“We had to, at times, crawl over casualties to get to live victims,” said Jeremy Creason, the city’s fire chief and EMS director.
In Kentucky alone, 22 were confirmed dead by late Saturday, including 11 in and around Bowling Green, the AP report outlines.
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https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2021/12/12/death-toll-damage-bill-rising-as-tornadoes-wreak-havoc-across-central-u-s/