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Tornadoes rip through central US, killing 28
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5/19/2025
At least 28 people have been killed after powerful tornadoes ripped through Missouri and Kentucky, leaving a trail of destruction and widespread power outages across the central United States since Friday (May 16).
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At least 28 people have been killed after powerful tornadoes ripped through Missouri
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and Kentucky, leaving a trail of destruction and widespread power outages across the central
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United States since Friday.
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The storms began forming in western Missouri early Friday evening, with a single supercell
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traveling over 800 kilometers and spawning multiple tornadoes, including in southeastern
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Kentucky, overnight.
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed on Saturday that 14 people had died in his state
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and warned the toll could rise as rescue operations continue.
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Writing on X, he said Kentucky remained in an active rescue phase, with more than 100,000
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people still without electricity.
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Five counties in the state have declared a state of emergency.
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In Missouri, seven people were reported dead, five in the St. Louis area and two in southeastern
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Scott County, according to NBC News.
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St. Louis Mayor Kara Spencer said the city suffered extensive damage, with five people killed,
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38 injured and more than 5,000 homes affected.
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Please, we encourage you to just be very, very careful, this is an unstable environment, we
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know that, please stay away from any down wires, please, we are working to get that stabilized,
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but it's important that you take your personal safety very seriously.
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This is going to be a long recovery because the destruction is truly phenomenal.
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You can see all of our city departments are still working around the clock.
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As you all know, we declared a state of emergency a Friday night.
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That's why you see refuse.
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That's why you see all of our city departments out working 12 hour days.
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We did focus on making sure that our building division is still inspecting buildings, making
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sure that we are identifying those that are at least safe.
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It's so overwhelming, this is a pain like I can't describe and I can comfortably say I have
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never fathomed for anybody much less myself.
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So no, I don't know, no, I don't know, I don't have any idea.
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Tornado sightings were also reported in Illinois and Colorado as the severe weather system continued
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to sweep across the region.
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More than 700,000 homes and businesses across 12 states have lost power as a result of the
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storms.
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Let's do this place.
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