Europe 1 with AFP 3:29 p.m., December 12, 2021
At least 80 people have died in the US state of Kentucky alone as a result of tornadoes ravaging the central and southern United States, according to Governor Andy Beshear.
Across the country, there are 93 dead, a death toll that could increase in the coming hours.
At least 80 people have died in the U.S. state of Kentucky alone as a result of tornadoes ravaging the central and southern United States, Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday.
"This number will exceed a hundred," he even said on CNN, calling the series of tornadoes "the deadliest" in Kentucky history.
93 deaths in total
The total death toll across the United States now stands at at least 93 dead.
Kentucky was swept over 200 miles by one of the longest tornadoes on record in the United States.
In Mayfield, a town of 10,000 people partly razed to the ground by the disaster, a candle factory was the focus of relief efforts after the roof gave way to the violent winds.
About 110 employees worked there Friday evening ahead of the end of the year holidays, and some "40 of them were rescued," said Andy Beshear, without specifying the number of employees who managed to get out on their own. .
"I'm not sure we'll see another rescue," he said, however, hoping for "an incredible miracle".