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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Two years after deadly tornadoes, some Mayfield families are still waiting for housing

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. “We’re a very tight-knit community.” Dylan Prince, right, heats up dinner as, Ashley, top left, talks with her son Waylon while her other son, Hunter watches a video on his computer inside the family’s temporary home at Camp Graves, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Water …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Justin Ralph estimates he’s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. “If you’ve got a larger farm operation, your acreage is spread out over a larger area, so the risks are probably minimized more because they’re spread out more.” Damage to grain elevators are visible on …

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2 years ago

Kentucky remembers tornado victims as rebuilding continues

Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Chris Bullock has a lot to be grateful for as she decorates her new home for Christmas, after spending much of the past year in a camper with her family. “It’s more than encouraging,” said Jenny Beshear Sewell, the mayor-elect of Dawson Springs and a cousin of Kentucky Gov. At the ceremony in Mayfield, the governor recalled …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Four months after tornado, Kentucky focuses on rebuilding

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Sundays at the Bullock home in rural Kentucky were filled with lasting memories: big family dinners, cornhole, basketball and karaoke. We found our ketchup but we couldn’t find our refrigerator.” Four months after the tornado upended her family’s lives, Chris Bullock and hundreds of other Kentuckians are arduously reconstructing their pre-storm existence. In Dawson Springs, where Bullock …

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3 years ago

In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — After riding out the violent tornado that devastated their town in a tunnel under their church, the Rev. Later, safe back at home, his daughter had a question that left him stumped: “My little girl asked me, ‘Why would God let this happen?’” said Fowler, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Mayfield. “It’s more challenging to …

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3 years ago

Biden pledges ‘whatever it takes’ to assist tornado victims

Associated Press

DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do “whatever it takes, as long as it takes” to help Kentucky and other states after a series of deadly tornadoes that he said left a trail of unimaginable devastation. “I intend to do whatever it takes as long as it takes to support your state, your local leaders, …

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3 years ago

Worker says she risked discipline if she left job amid storm

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — An employee of the Kentucky candle factory where eight workers were killed by a tornado said Tuesday that a supervisor threatened her with written disciplinary action if she went home early because storms were approaching. Haley Conder, who worked at the Mayfield Consumer Products factory on and off for 10 years, also questioned why the company did …

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3 years ago

In the ruins of Mayfield, a search for hope in what’s saved

Associated Press

WINGO, Ky. — She arrived at the shelter sobbing. “I’ve got two that need undergarments,” one said. “Do we have socks?” Byerly-Zuck’s son is used to having a routine: bed at 8 p.m., a nap in the afternoon. “I will need therapy after this; we will all need therapy,” she said, because here they exchange stories of the horrors they …

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3 years ago

‘Absolute decimation’: US tornado survivors face long recovery

Al Jazeera

Tens of thousands are without power across US states as volunteers, emergency workers work to clear debris and rebuild. Tim Morgan, a volunteer chaplain for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department in Kentucky, said the aftermath of tornadoes was “just absolute decimation”. Michael Dossett, the director of the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, said debris removal is a “Herculean task” and …

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3 years ago

‘Y’all pray for Mayfield': Town grieves in tornado aftermath

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Judy Burton’s hands shivered as she gazed up at what had been her third-floor apartment. He posted on Facebook that they were alive, and added: “Y’all pray for Mayfield.” “It blew my mind when the sun came up,” Shreve said, when he and others returned over the weekend to salvage what they could and traded stories of …

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3 years ago

Kentucky judge, grandmother, and three-year-old boy among victims of deadly tornado

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dozens of deaths have been confirmed across Arkansas, …

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3 years ago

Tornado survivor: ‘Not knowing is worse than knowing’

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Autumn Kirks said she and her boyfriend, Lannis Ward, had been dating for about a year and were saving money to buy a house. “Not knowing is worse than knowing right now,” she said early Sunday as she stood outside His House Ministries, a nondescript prefabricated building on the edge of Mayfield where people have been told …

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3 years ago

Kentucky tornado toll in dozens; less than feared at factory

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Workers on the night shift at Mayfield Consumer Products were in the middle of the holiday rush, cranking out candles, when a tornado closed in on the factory and the word went out: “Duck and cover.” Autumn Kirks pulled down her safety goggles and took shelter, tossing aside wax and fragrance buckets to make room. Andy Beshear …

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3 years ago

Planning questions emerge at tornado-destroyed candle plant

Associated Press

MAYFIELD, Ky. — The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that churned out candles that lined the shelves of malls around the U.S. “Many of the employees were gathered in the tornado shelter and after the storm was over they left the plant and went to their homes,” …

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3 years ago

Devastating tornadoes rip Southern, Central US states

Hindustan Times

Devastating tornadoes rip Southern, Central US states “I pray that there will be another rescue. I pray that there will be another one or two,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said, as crews sifted through the wreckage of the candle factory in Mayfield, where 110 people were working overnight on December 10 when the storm hit. 1 / 10 A devastating …

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3 years ago

Photos: Devastating tornadoes tear through the Midwest and Southeast

LA Times

At least 90 people were feared dead — most of them in Kentucky — after a series of tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Southeast, according to state and local officials. At a news briefing Saturday, President Biden said he had approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky, “and I stand ready to do the same for the governors of the …

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3 years ago

Victims of the deadly tornadoes: Family of five and their grandmother are confirmed dead in the Kentucky tornado

CNN

CNN — The horrific tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states late Friday and early Saturday are being blamed for at least 88 deaths, officials said, and family members and friends of the victims are reeling from the losses. Rachael Brown, 36, Steven Brown, 35, Nariah Cayshelle Brown, 16, Nolynn Brown, 8, Nyles Brown, 4, and Victoria Smith, …

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3 years ago

Dozens feared dead in Kentucky as tornadoes hit US states

Al Jazeera

Kentucky governor says up to 100 people could be dead in the state as casualties also reported from other states. In the state of Illinois, many people were trapped after a roof partially collapsed at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse on Friday, with two people confirmed dead, local authorities said. It may in fact end up exceeding 100 before the day …

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3 years ago

Deadly tornado leaves Kentucky town of Mayfield mourning and seeking survivors

LA Times

A man walks through piles of debris from buildings destroyed when a tornado tore through Mayfield, Ky., on Saturday. “The devastation is unlike anything I have seen in my life,” Beshear said at a briefing after visiting Mayfield, calling the storms, “the worst, most devastating tornado event in Kentucky’s history.” In Mayfield, where a tornado swept through the Mayfield Consumer …

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Two years after deadly tornadoes, some Mayfield families are still waiting for housing

Extreme weather can hit farmers hard. Those with smaller farming operations often pay the price

Kentucky remembers tornado victims as rebuilding continues

Four months after tornado, Kentucky focuses on rebuilding

In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service

Biden pledges ‘whatever it takes’ to assist tornado victims

Worker says she risked discipline if she left job amid storm

In the ruins of Mayfield, a search for hope in what’s saved

‘Absolute decimation’: US tornado survivors face long recovery

‘Y’all pray for Mayfield': Town grieves in tornado aftermath

Kentucky judge, grandmother, and three-year-old boy among victims of deadly tornado

Tornado survivor: ‘Not knowing is worse than knowing’

Kentucky tornado toll in dozens; less than feared at factory

Planning questions emerge at tornado-destroyed candle plant

Devastating tornadoes rip Southern, Central US states

Photos: Devastating tornadoes tear through the Midwest and Southeast

Victims of the deadly tornadoes: Family of five and their grandmother are confirmed dead in the Kentucky tornado

Dozens feared dead in Kentucky as tornadoes hit US states

Deadly tornado leaves Kentucky town of Mayfield mourning and seeking survivors