Tornados devastates the central USA, at least 27 killed; Kentucky Worst Hit – First Post

At least 27 people died after mighty storms have been swept through parts of the US middle west and south. The governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, said 18 of the deaths were critically injured in his state, 10 others.

A strong tornado in Kentucky caused great damage, destroyed houses, turned vehicles and left many residents homeless. Seventeen people died in the Laurel County in the southeast of Kentucky, and one person was killed in the nearby Pulaski County. The victim was the fire brigade major Roger Leslie Leatherman, a 39-year-old veteran who died during the response to the storm.

Governor Beshear said that parts of at least two dozen state streets were closed, and a few days can take days before they are reopened. He also warned that the number of fatalities could increase.

We now need the whole world to be really good neighbors in this region, said the governor.

Eric Gibson, director of state emergency management, said hundreds of houses were damaged, Kayla Patterson, her husband and her five children, who were crowded together in a tub in her basement in London, the County seat when the tornado raged around her.

They were literally only able to hear things in the distance, glass shattered everywhere, just like a freight train, “she recalled on Saturday.

The family finally appeared to the sounds of sirens and panicked neighbors. While the family's own home was spared, others were demolished directly, said Patterson when the sound of power tools buzzed in the background. The neighborhood was a suitcase, a sofa, a sofa, a sofa, a sofa, some six packs of paper towels.