2021-12-14

Teams in western Kentucky are digging through mountains of debris and searching for survivors and bodies after tornadoes ripped through 200 miles of the state Friday night into Saturday. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on Tuesday that 74 people were confirmed killed, while more than 100 remain unaccounted for . "I still expect that we will find at least some more bodies," Beshear said. "There is just so much destruction. I hope that that's not the case, but it's still an expectation." Some people could still succumb to injuries, like a baby the governor said was found alive only to die about a day later. Twelve of the 74 people who died were children. The victims who have been identified range in age from 2 months to 98 years. Cleanup efforts continue. Images and videos from the aftermath showed the town of Mayfield completely destroyed, with buildings torn to shreds as far as the eye could see. "There's something therapeutic about taking that chaos and destruction and death and

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