Devastating Tornadoes And Storms Rip Through Western Kentucky

After a historic quad-state weather system rolled through much of Western Kentucky Friday night, multiple tornadoes left widespread damage and many lives were lost. The hardest hit place was in Graves County, where the city of Mayfield had been “devastated.” Gov. As many as four different twisters had touched down across the state by early Saturday, according to the Louisville Courier Journal, and there was severe damage across 15 counties from one of the tornadoes that traveled more than 200 miles.

The series of tornadoes swept across five states in the lower midwest overnight in a storm.

Devastating losses Mayfield include a candle factory that was leveled when 110 people were working to fill holiday orders. About 40 people were rescued there. The twisters derailed a train, tore the roof off an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, and obliterated a nursing home in Arkansas. Kentucky is expected to have the highest death toll.