Mayfield town wiped off map

The damage is numerous and significant following the passage of several tornadoes, Friday, December 10, in several States Americans. “The extent of the destruction here is absolutely staggering, we often get used to using superlatives in this type of disaster, but here really, we can say that this little town of Mayfield, Ky., Has literally been crossed off the map “, comments Loïc de La Mornais, special correspondent in Mayfield (Kentucky).

Almost no administrative building or house has been spared. “The locals all say that when the tornado hit, first there was the wind that picked up, then the ears buzzing, the lights flickering like in a disaster movie”, reports the journalist. “Then a great calm, the great sudden calm before the storm, before the tornado strikes with extreme violence”, adds Loïc de La Mornais. Dozens of deaths are to be deplored in a candle candle factory.