The scale of damage is increasing as rescue operations continue, with more than 100 people killed in tornadoes that hit five central states, including Kentucky, in the United States.



According to foreign media reports such as Reuters and AFP, local time yesterday (12th), the third day of the tornado, at least 94 people have been confirmed dead so far.



In Kentucky alone, where the damage is concentrated, 80 people have been confirmed dead, and the scale of the damage is expected to rise as rescue operations continue.



At least 10 people have been confirmed dead at the Mayfield Candlelight Factory in Kentucky.



Six people were killed in Illinois, where the Amazon facility is located, and four in Tennessee.



Two people were killed each in Arkansas and Missouri, the Associated Press reported.



Kentucky Governor Andy Bescher told CNN that the death toll is expected to exceed 100.



"I'm praying, but it's an incredible miracle that there are more rescuers coming out," Governor Bescher said.



In Kentucky, some villages are virtually impossible to find.



Governor Bescher said, "In my father's hometown of Paxton, the village has disappeared. It's hard to even explain." .



To date, at least 56,000 homes in Kentucky alone are known to have power outages.



In Tennessee, more than 70,000 people are experiencing power outages.



Dean Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said rescue operations are ongoing at the site and that there is still hope of finding survivors.



Earlier, President Joe Biden received a report on the damage from officials, including Commissioner Criswell the day before, and ordered federal resources to be used.



President Biden said in a speech to the nation that the tornado is likely to be one of the largest in history and that the federal government will do everything it can to help.



In the United States, strong tornadoes are usually rare in the cold and dry winter, but experts analyze that such tornadoes have recently occurred when warm air collided with the cold front in the Midwest as an unusual occurrence.



The worst tornado ever recorded in the United States occurred in Missouri in 1925, when it swept 219 miles or 352 km, killing 695 people.



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