At least 21 people are reported to have died after tornadoes tore through parts of two US.
Officials in Kentucky said there had been 14 deaths due to severe weather while seven people were killed in Missouri, including five in the city of St Louis.
The Kentucky tornado struck in Laurel County, in the south-east of the state, in the early hours of Saturday. Officials said they expected the death toll to rise.
Missouri officials said 5,000 buildings were damaged, roofs destroyed and power lines knocked downed as a tornado struck on Friday.
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More than 20 people have died after severe storms swept through the southern US states of Missouri and Kentucky, officials and local media reports.
ReplyDeleteKentucky governor Andy Beshear said on X that at least 14 people had died in last night's storms.
And at least seven people were killed in Missouri, the Washington Post reported.
The Washington Post cited officials as saying that five people had been killed in St Louis.
ReplyDelete"Our city is grieving," Mayor Cara Spencer told reporters last night.
"The loss of life and the destruction is truly horrendous."