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By: Shree1news, 12 DEC 2021
US rescuers desperately looked for survivors Sunday after tornadoes killed at least 94 and left towns in destroy, with emergency crews racing against time to find dozens still missing from a collapsed Kentucky factory.
President Joe Biden called the wave of twisters, including one that traveled more than 200 miles (320 kilometers), “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in American history.
“It’s a tragedy,” a shaken Biden, who pledged support for the affected states, said in televised comments. “And we still don’t know how many lives are lost and the full extent of the damage.”
With the loss of life toll all however sure to rise, scores of search and rescue officials have been helping stunned citizens across the us heartland sift through the rubble of their houses and businesses overnight.
more than 80 people are dead in Kentucky alone, many of them workers at a candle factory in Mayfield, the state’s Governor Andy Beshear stated Sunday as he raised the showed toll by 10 fatalities.
And the forecast became grim. “That range goes to exceed greater than a hundred,” Beshear instructed CNN.
meanwhile, at least six died in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois where they were on the night shift processing orders ahead of Christmas.
Emergency crews worked thru the night into Sunday at each locations, however the Kentucky governor’s somber remarks suggested his state’s residents should brace for the worst.
Of the 110 employees working Friday night in the candle manufacturing unit, “about 40 of them have been rescued and i’m not positive we’re going to see another rescue,” Beshear stated.
“I pray for it,” he said, but “it would be an incredible miracle” if more factory victims were found alive.
As americans grappled with the immensity of the disaster, condolences poured in, with Pope Francis saying he’s praying “for the victims of the tornado that hit Kentucky.”
Source:HT
