![]() She describes the destruction as “unlike anything you’ve ever seen”:ġ1:45 a.m. ET | Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Missy Shelton from KSMU/Ozarks Public Radio for an update on the storm’s aftermath. ET | Authorities say the confirmed death toll has risen to 116 after search and rescue efforts Monday, with seven people rescued alive.ġ p.m. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.View a slide show of the damage in Joplin:Ĥ:21 p.m. It will be several days before the determinations are complete. “Certainly the damage picture shows that it’s been pretty extensive,” Bruschi said. Local reports said at least one twister, which hit near Bowling Green, Kentucky, reached at least an EF2, which ranges from 113 to 157 mph. Speculation on the ground has suggested the twister, which some suggested was a mile wide, reached an EF4, meaning winds between 166 and 200 mph, or EF5, meaning winds over 200 mph, on the Enhanced Fuijita Scale. Getty Images Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the tornado that leveled two towns in his state travelled 200 miles on the ground. More than thirty tornadoes were reported across the four states. Andy Beshear’s statement that the tornado traveled more than 200 miles on the ground or how strong its winds were. It’s unclear exactly how many workers were in the facility when part of the the roof and one wall collapsed.ĭeaths were also reported in Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee from the storm system some have dubbed the “Quad-State Tornado.” In all, more than 30 tornadoes were reported from the system, a rare burst of heavy activity for December that National Weather Service Meteorologist Audra Bruschi said was brought on by unusually warm and wet air.ĭamage assessments are underway across the states that will enable the Weather Service to determine the strength of the twister that leveled Mayfield and Dawson Springs, Kentucky, leaving the towns with few undamaged buildings.īruschi said the agency has not yet confirmed Kentucky Gov. Search and rescue operations were ongoing at a flattened candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky that had as many as 110 workers inside and an Amazon warehouse in Illinois where at least two workers died. At least two died at an Amazon wearhouse in Illinois and search and rescue operations are ongoing at a Missouri candle factory that had 110 workers inside. The death toll of Friday’s storm is expected to rise as assessments are done in towns along the path of the twisters, which stretches for hundreds of miles through the Mississippi Valley from Arkansas north to Kentucky. J– New Richmond, Wisconsin, tornado kills 117.ġ0. Ap– Amite, Lousiana, and Purvis, Mississippi, tornado kills 143.ĩ. People fear the death toll from Friday’s tornadoes may rise to over 100 people. Ap– Woodward, Oklahoma, tornado kills 181. Ap– Gainsville, Georgia, tornado kills 203.Ħ. Ap– Tupelo, Mississippi tornado kills 216.ĥ. Louis tornadoes kill 305 in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky.Ĥ. – The Great Natchez Tornado kills 317 in Natchez, Mississippi.ģ. The deadliest tornado in American history was “The Tri-State Tornado” that killed 625 people in 1925. Ma– The Tri-State Tornado kills 695 as it crosses Missouri, southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana. Here’s a look at the deadliest tornadoes in US history:ġ. The seventh-worst took place 10 years ago, in May 2011, when 158 people were killed by a massive twister that devastated Joplin, Missouri. last night may be among the most deadly in the nation’s history. ![]() ![]() The nation has seen 25 tornadoes that killed 80 or more people since 1840, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ![]() The monster tornadoes that swept across multiple states in the Central US overnight have left at least least 70 dead - but with fears the death toll could rise above 100, the outbreak of twisters may wind up ranking among America’s most deadly. ![]()
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