In Kentucky, at least 17 people were killed in Laurel County, about 80 miles (129 km) south of Lexington, when a twister touched down around midnight, Governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday afternoon on social media. Another person was killed in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Earlier, Beshear declared a state of emergency, as did Governor Mike Kehoe in Missouri, where seven people died as a result of the severe weather, including five in St. Louis.
Laurel County Sheriff John Root described the devastation as “a mass casualty event,“ saying on social media that there were numerous severe injuries and emergency crews were searching for survivors.
“Their homes were completely destroyed right down to the ground,“ Acciardo said. He said the tornado was identified as an “EF5,“ the most powerful category.
TORNADO HITS ST. LOUIS
Two others were killed in Scott County, in southeastern Missouri, according to officials.
St. Louis resident Joan Miller recounted her narrow escape when a tornado struck her brick house.
The National Weather Service said thunderstorms were widespread across portions of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Friday. At least half a dozen tornadoes touched down in Missouri and neighboring Illinois and other severe weather stretched all the way to the Atlantic Coast, including another tornado reported in New Jersey.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she had talked with the governors of Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois to offer federal resources to help their states cope with the aftermath.
Noem has championed a change in the federal strategy for managing disasters under the Trump administration by shifting responsibilities to states. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes deep cuts for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which falls under her purview.
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