United States: several parts of the country devastated by a deadly tornado

Kentucky State Governor Andy Beshear fears the death toll could rise dramatically.

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At least fifty people were killed in Kentucky during a tornado that swept through several regions of the United States, said Saturday, December 11, the governor of that state, Andy Beshear.

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 " said state governor Andy Beshear at the meeting. 'a press conference.

Several counties have been devastated, he added.

The roof collapse of a candle-making factory " 

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Damage in several states

But the tornado claimed victims and damaged several states in the southeast and south-central United States on Friday.

In Arkansas, one person was killed and twenty were trapped in a nursing home, media reported.

But rescuers managed to evacuate the trapped from the building whose structure was " 

 " Craighead County official Marvin Day told local news stations.

In Tennessee, at least two people were killed in incidents related to the storm, according to an emergency management official quoted by local media.

Roof ripped off

In Illinois, relief workers worked until the early hours of Saturday to try to clear the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, a third of which is now rubble, these people who worked nights to process orders before the Christmas time.

No toll of possible victims was advanced for the time being.

Images from the warehouse, shared by US news channels and social media, show much of the installation's roof torn off, one of the walls collapsed in the building and rubble strewn across the site

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