Tornado leaves trail of devastation in Kentucky

A tornado that spread through London, Kentucky on Friday night left several people dead and a wide strip of significant damage.

London, ky. – A significant tornado crossed Laurel County, Kentucky, the duration of the night hours of Saturday morning, leaving behind a generalized devastation that residents describe as a war zone.

“I am on the ground in Laurel county and this area on the southern side of London is completely destroyed,” said Jordan Smith, a local resident and meteorologist. “It seems that a bomb has falls. Complete and absolute devastation everywhere. It is very heartbreaking.”

The damage seemed to be extensive, with crushed houses, the shattered vehicles and the debris scattered so the eye could see.

According to the governor’s office, the meteorologists of the National Meteorological Service are still working to determine how many tornadoes affected the Commonwealth, but the strongest seemed to be less an EF3 with winds greater than 136 mph.

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Leslie White, resident of Laurel County, told the terrifying moments when he hit the tornado.

“We are scared, so we got used to the hall because the closest area we had,” White said. “Then my husband and my son ran and practically jumped on her because you could feel the air …”

White described the sound of the storm as similar to a cargo train and, before he knew, most of the house was gone.

Once the storm cleared, White said that her family hastened to find shoes and locate the keys of the vehicle.

“My family is fine, but I don’t know about everyone else,” White said.

Local authorities said they were still carrying out damage assessments, but that they were aware of at least 17 deaths in the county, including a firefighter who was killed while responding to the damage.

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The tornado was part of a severe climate outbreak that extended by parts of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.

May is historical one of the most active months for tornadoes in the USA., And this year has shown that it is no exception.

Residents in Kentucky and the surrounding states remain on a maximum alert, since the Fox forecast center warns that more storms will affect the duration of the region of the work week.

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