In addition, 14 deaths were recorded in the neighboring states of Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
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The results become clearer over the days. According to the latest information transmitted Monday, December 12 by the governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshar, at least 64 people have died in this American state, the hardest hit during the passage of tornadoes on the night of Saturday to Sunday, in the south and the central United States. This new provisional report brings to at least 78 the number of deaths in the five states crossed by this exceptional meteorological phenomenon.
“The most accurate count we have this morning is 64 Kentucky residents.” killed, whose age ranges from 5 months to 86 years, the state governor said at a press conference, saying he expected this figure to increase, to reach “over 70, maybe even 80” victims.
In addition, 14 deaths were recorded in the neighboring states of Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
In Kentucky, the small town of Mayfield was hit hard by the tornado. A candle factory in which 110 people were working at the time of the tragedy was completely destroyed. According to the governor, 94 of the employees “are alive and have been found”, eight people died there and eight remain missing, he said.
US President Joe Biden, who lamented “one of the worst tornado series” in the country’s history, declared a state of major disaster in Kentucky on Sunday evening.