Deadly storms sweep through the South, leaving at least 12 dead
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Deadly storms sweep through the South, leaving at least 12 dead

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Deadly storms sweep through the South, leaving at least 12 dead toggle caption Clarksville Fire Rescue/via Getty Images A major storm system with a deadly mix of heavy rains, winds and flash flooding swept through a large swath of the Southeast overnight, causing at least 11 fatalities in Kentucky and one in Georgia. Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Md., said the slow-moving storm system dropped significant rainfall across parts of Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee during the day Saturday. Andy Beshear said at a Monday morning press conference that at least 11 people had been killed in the state during the storm, including a woman and child who died in floodwaters. toggle caption Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Beshear said early Sunday afternoon that emergency response crews had already conducted more than 1,000 rescues in Kentucky.

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