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- The governor said there are “unquestionably” more than 100 people still unaccounted for.
- Multiple local and federal rescue crews are continuing to search for those missing.
- Beshear said the ages of those killed range from 2 months to 98 years old, and 12 of the dead are children.
More than 100 people are still missing and dozens are confirmed dead following a surge of devastating tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky Friday.
“If there’s good news, it’s that our death count has not gone up since yesterday and that is good news. We’re currently at 74 Kentuckians that we’ve lost, again, each one a child of God, irreplaceable in their community,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said during a news conference Tuesday.
Beshear said the ages of those killed range in age from 2 months to 98 years old, with 12 of the dead being children.
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The governor said there are “unquestionably” more than 100 people still unaccounted for and multiple local and federal rescue crews are continuing to search for those missing.
“It may be a week or even more before we have a final count,” Beshear said, noting that damage assessments are ongoing and major work to remove debris continues.
“We have people missing. I still expect that we will find at least some more bodies. There is just so much destruction,” he said.
Utility companies are also still working to restore power and water service. Nearly 25,000 people in the state were without power as of Tuesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us.
President Biden is set to visit Kentucky Wednesday. He will travel to Ft. Campbell for a storm briefing and to Mayfield and Dawson Springs to survey the damage.
A string of tornadoes ravaged Kentucky and five other states over the weekend. Biden approved emergency declarations for Illinois and Tennessee.
Beshear said it was “the strongest set of tornadoes we have ever seen in Kentucky, and what we believe will probably be one of the most devastating tornado events in U.S. history.”
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