Arab weather - More than 70 people died in the US state of Kentucky on Friday night, and the number of victims is expected to rise to more than 100, after a series of hurricanes swept the Midwest and southern United States, and led to the demolition of homes and the leveling of buildings.
At least 12 people were killed when tornadoes caused chaos in other states (Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee and Mississippi), including 6 people in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, and strong tornadoes, unusual in cold months, destroyed a candle factory and swept into a nursing home in the state of Illinois. Missouri.
Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir said the group of hurricanes was the most destructive in the state's history , and that storms were among the largest in US history.
More than 40 people were rescued out of about 110 at the damaged plant, but Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir said it would be a miracle to find anyone else alive.
The tornado destroyed the police station in "Mayfield" and caused damage to equipment for firefighters, and left tens of thousands of people in the state suffering from power and water cuts.
Everything along the tornado's 365-kilometre path - almost all of Kentucky - was destroyed until buildings were completely destroyed and no longer existed, trucks towed, huge metal poles bent in half if not smashed, and many homes possibly It had people inside, completely destroyed.
Bashir, the governor of Kentucky, said it was a "very painful situation" at the plant, as the difficulties of searching in the collapsed building were exacerbated by barrels that leaked a corrosive liquid.
Other accidents in Kentucky included a train derailing during strong winds in Hopkins County.
The US National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several areas of the states, including Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois.
Subsequent reports said that 30 people were rescued, and two people were airlifted to a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors among the rubble.
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flyner said three people were killed in the state's northwest. He did not provide other details.
One person was killed and five seriously injured, while 20 others were trapped inside a nursing home after it partially collapsed, said Marvin Day, a local official in Northeastern Arkansas, adding that trapped people were rescued but the building was "largely destroyed."
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