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Kentucky families struggling after being hit for a second time by a tornado in the same locations
BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another storm left him homeless in 2021. Johnson, 21, watched Tuesday as workers used chain saws to cut into the wreckage of the trailer he called home with his grandparents and girlfriend. It was an all-too-familiar scene for his family. Their previous home in the tiny western Kentucky community of Barnsley was destroyed during another terrifying tornado outbreak in December 2021 that killed 81 people in the Bluegrass State. “We never thought that it would happen again,” Johnson said.
62-year-old Hardin County woman killed in Sunday storms identified
HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — The Hardin County woman who died in Sunday's storms has been identified. According to Gov. Andy Beshear, five Kentuckians died when dangerous storms ripped through the region. Among those was a 62-year-old woman, identified by the Hardin County coroner as Noreene Padgett, of Radcliff. The...
Holiday weekend storms kill at least 24 in 7 states
Powerful storms killed at least 24 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri, obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency early Monday in a post on social media platform X, citing "multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes."Falling trees killed at least...
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