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US President Joe Biden will travel to Kentucky, United States on Wednesday, December 15, hit on Friday, December 10 by tornadohistorical s that have killed at least 78 people in the region. A state of disaster has been declared and the search for survivors is continuing.
As a family, she walks the devastated streets of Mayfield, Kentucky (StatesUnited). Spared by the tornado, a resident tries to help those who have not had her chance, by distributing food. Rescue workers across the state are still trying to find survivors. Relief operations are focused on a candle factory, where around fifteen people are feared. “Every time I close my eyes, I see these people crying for help”, confides a survivor.
In the city center, nothing resisted. Difficult for the volunteers not to despair in front of this spectacle. The warning system worked quite well. Many residents left the city 24 hours before the tornado, which was intense but very localized, devastating the city center but sparing many homes located a few hundred meters away.
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