Crews Search for the Missing after Devastating Tornadoes
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Rescuers are combing through fields of wreckage from Friday night's devastating tornado outbreak in the Midwest and South.
In Kentucky alone, 22 were confirmed dead by late Saturday, including 11 in and around Bowling Green.
The death toll stood at 36 across five states, but officials fear more than 100 may have actually died.
The twister carved a track that could rival the longest on record.
Mayfield, Kentucky, was walloped by the storm and rescue efforts in the city were complicated by the fact that the city's main fire station and emergency services hub were also hit by the twister.
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Tornadoes Tear Through the US Midwest on December 11, 2021
Tornadoes Tear Through the US Midwest on December 11, 2021 - The twister that killed at least seventy people (dozens more are still missing) carved a swath that could be the longest in Kentucky's history. Residents are being allowed to return to their homes in most cases to try to salvage what they can.
Several tornadoes touched down on Friday, December 10, 2021 throughout the United States' lower Midwest region.
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