US: Fifty people 'likely' killed as tornadoes rip through Kentucky, says Governor Andy Beshear
India Today
Andy Beshear, the Governor of Kentucky in the US, has said that some 50 people are 'likely' to have been killed in an outbreak of tornadoes the state.
Some 50 people are "likely" to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said. Last night Western Kentucky experienced some of the worst tornado damage we’ve seen, and we are urging everyone to please stay safe as there are still active cells. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/jkv1sqf3za Some are already calling it the first "quad-state tornado." The catastrophic #Mayfield #tornado trekked across over 200 miles of Kentucky alone, but the storm that produced it trekked well over 400 miles. #kywx #arwx #mowx #tnwx pic.twitter.com/63Qou0xUTc
He told local TV station WLKY that the number of dead could be "significantly north of that", the Washington Post reported.
