As storm warnings emerged Friday afternoon and ominous warm temperatures fell over the county, some residents left for other parts of the state. If it wasnt my son, it would have been my husband, said Ms. The dead in Kentucky ranged in age from 2 months to 98 years old. Jimmy Pollard the coroner for Henry County and spokesman for the statewide association told The Courier Journal a group of 15 coroners and deputy coroners hasset up a staging area in Madisonville, a city of 18,317 in Hopkins County that was in the path of the deadliest tornado to touch down in the state. In Bowling Green, Ky., a tornado reached wind speeds of 150 miles per hour and severely damaged homes and businesses. One person was killed and two others were injured after a tornado touched down in Defiance, Mo., just west of St. Louis, on Friday night. Wednesday's system is a result of the same weather conditions that brought dozens of tornadoes through the Midwest and South just last week, killing more than 30 people and damaging thousands of homes and businesses. Her neighbors called it Dr. Jacksons house, named after a longtime resident. At 328 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Halifax, moving north at 10 mph. Beshear is planning to hold multiple press conferences in Western Kentucky on Saturday in the aftermath of the devastating overnight tornadoes. Nothing was salvageable except for the communion table., Thats one of the reasons I love this place, Ms. Swant said after the truck pulled away. 2023, Charter Communications, all rights reserved. A 94-year-old died at a nursing home in Monette, Ark., and another person was killed at a Dollar General store in nearby Leachville. "At least one of our towns (is) totally devastated. They lost their homes. She saved my life.. Want to help Kentucky communities affected by the tornadoes? tornadoes J.B. Pritzker of Illinois said that he had spoken with President Biden and Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and that he had also spoken to an official from Amazon. About 10 minutes later, the tornado struck the warehouse, sending the walls crashing down. The youngest death was a 5-month-old baby, while the oldest was a 75-year-old,14 News said Kentucky State Police told them. He knew that their son was likely to have been in the part of the building that collapsed. More were expected early Saturday. The local authorities had stressed just how bad the storm could be. District buses are being used to transport folks to and from schools that are being used asshelters, includingSouth Warren Middle School. Most of the dead were in Kentucky, where the confirmed death toll on Tuesday afternoon was 74, including at least eight at a candle factory in Mayfield that was demolished.
