Mayfield (Kentucky) has woken up absolutely devastated after the passage of a tornado that has killed at least 79 people. In the video we can see in detail how the force of the wind has swept away everything in its path, a force that displaced debris more than nine kilometers high.
The priority of the emergency services is focused on finding the missing people amid so much destruction. Andy Beshear, Kentucky governor, advances that the number of victims can reach until 110. Also 110 workers were inside a Mayfield candle factory when the roof collapsed.
These are the figures for the city most affected by the more than 30 tornadoes that have plagued the central United States. One of those tornadoes tore through a whopping 380 kilometers: It began in Jonesboro (Arkansas), passed through the states of Missouri and Tennessee and especially affected Kentucky, where after four hours it fell apart after passing through the town of Bowling Green.
The president of United States, Joe Biden, has described this natural catastrophe as “unimaginable tragedy“Among the victims are also two people who have lost their lives in an Arkansas nursing home.
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