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Today, US President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Kentucky due to tornadoes that struck the state and five other states, killing dozens of people.
Reuters quoted the White House as saying that Biden had ordered federal assistance to those affected by the hurricane.
Biden had previously spoken with the governors of five storm-hit states, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, to express his commitment to delivering aid quickly.
Earlier today, the US President described the hurricanes that left dozens of victims in the middle of the United States as an "unimaginable tragedy."
In a new statistic, the death toll from hurricanes and storms that struck five US states in the central and southern parts of the country has risen to at least 78. Seventy people were killed in Kentucky alone, while three others died in Tennessee and two people in Arkansas, and two people died in Illinois as a result of the collapse of a warehouse for a company. Amazon with at least one death reported in Missouri.
A previous death toll from these hurricanes that swept Kentucky and five other US states today is more than 70.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beer told a news conference that hurricanes caused the collapse of homes, factories and warehouses on a road that extended for more than two hundred miles.
Pierre indicated that more than 56,000 residents of Kentucky had electricity, declaring a state of emergency in the state and deploying National Guard forces there.
He pointed out that about 110 people were in a candle factory in the area when the hurricane hit it and toppled its roof, causing a large number of casualties.
Keanna Parsons-Perez, who was at the factory, said the roof collapsed shortly after workers heard and felt the incoming wind.
Videos and photos posted on social media showed a number of buildings in downtown Mayfield reduced to rubble, as well as cars buried under rubble and debris, as well as photos on Twitter showing the tower of the Graves County Courthouse collapsed.
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