"That number is going to exceed more than 100," he told CNN. More than 80 people are dead in Kentucky alone, many of them workers at a candle factory in the ravaged town of Mayfield, Beshear said Sunday. "The very first thing that we have to do is grieve together and we're going to do that before we rebuild together," Beshear told an afternoon news conference. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said cadaver dogs were still finding bodies. While emergency workers have continued searching for survivors, federal and local officials have cautioned that the death toll, for now at 94, could yet rise. He had previously called the rare late-season burst of twisters that struck the US heartland on the weekend "one of the largest" storm outbreaks in American history. US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Kentucky on Sunday night after the state was hit by a swarm of ferocious tornadoes that killed dozens of people and flattened towns across the Midwest.Īt the state governor's request, Biden upgraded an earlier emergency declaration to a "major disaster," allowing additional federal aid to be channeled into recovery efforts.
Mayfield, United States, Dec 13 (AFP) Dec 13, 2021 Biden declares major disaster in Kentucky after tornadoes kill dozens
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