- Title: Kentucky town devastated as deadly tornadoes rip through state
- Date: 11th December 2021
- Summary: DAWSON SPRINGS, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 11, 2021) (REUTERS) TWO PEOPLE WALKING DOWN ROAD WITH DESTROYED BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE CAR UPSIDE DOWN AGAINST RUBBLE DESTROYED BUILDING AND RUBBLE ON STREET DESTROYED BUILDINGS PEOPLE LOOKING THROUGH RUBBLE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STREET WITH BAGS VARIOUS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT DESTRUCTION EMERGENCY VEHICLES DESTROYED BUILDING INTACT HOME NEXT TO HOME WITH DAMAGED ROOF DESTROYED BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE OF ROAD DESTROYED HOME DAMAGED CARS AND RUBBLE IN STREET FIRE FIGHTER WALKING NEXT TO STREET HELICOPTER TWO PEOPLE, ONE WEARING A DRESSING DOWN, WALKING DOWN STREET NEXT TO DESTROYED BUILDINGS
- Embargoed: 25th December 2021 19:04
- Keywords: Dawson Springs Kentucky destruction tornado tornadoes weather
- Location: DAWSON SPRINGS, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES
- City: DAWSON SPRINGS, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,United States,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001F7LG30N
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- Story Text: A devastating swarm of tornadoes ripped through six U.S. states, killing more than 70 people in Kentucky and leaving a trail of destroyed homes and businesses along a path that stretched more than 200 miles, officials said on Saturday (December 11).
In the town of Dawson Springs in western Kentucky, where homes were reduced to rubble and vehicles upturned, residents picked through the remains of their homes.
Dozens were feared dead at a candle factory in western Kentucky where about 110 people were working when a powerful tornado ripped through the facility late on Friday, causing the roof to cave in.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said 40 of the 110 workers had been rescued from the factory so far.
The genesis of the tornado outbreak was a series of overnight thunderstorms, including a super cell storm that formed in northeast Arkansas. That storm moved from Arkansas and Missouri and into Tennessee and Kentucky.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said it received 36 reports of tornadoes touching down in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas, and Mississippi.
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