Governor: No one still missing in Kentucky after tornadoes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — All of the radical reported missing successful Kentucky aft tornadoes swept done the authorities past play person been accounted for, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday.

Beshear hailed the study by authorities exigency absorption officials and said helium hoped it meant that nary further radical successful Kentucky would beryllium recovered dormant from the storm.

“How astir a portion of bully quality today?” Beshear said astatine the opening of a briefing Saturday connected betterment efforts. “Right now, missing persons based connected this tornado lawsuit are astatine zero.”

The Democratic politician said the 78 radical killed successful what helium described arsenic the astir destructive tornado lawsuit successful the state’s past was inactive “a immense fig of Kentuckians to lose.”

“We mourn with their families,” helium said.

There was immoderate disorder implicit the fig of deaths, Beshear said, due to the fact that his unit believes determination person been 78 deaths, though authorities exigency absorption officials and the authorities wellness section enactment the existent number astatine 75.

Beshear said officials were moving to resoluteness the discrepancy and added, “I anticipation they are right,” referring to wellness and exigency absorption officials.

In Tennessee, meanwhile, officials person confirmed that a 5th idiosyncratic successful that authorities died from storms that struck during the aforesaid upwind system.

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says the further decease occurred successful Lake County, wherever 2 different tempest deaths besides occurred. The remaining fatalities were successful Obion and Shelby counties, the bureau said.

At slightest 92 radical person been confirmed dormant crossed aggregate states aft much than 40 tornadoes pummeled a wide country connected Dec. 10 and 11.

In Kentucky, Beshear said assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency had been extended to six further counties and that alleviation benefits provided for ceremonial expenses person been accrued to $10,000.

“They shouldn’t person to person a inexpensive ceremonial for their loved one,” helium said. “That’s not right.”

Beshear said immoderate homes stay without powerfulness oregon nether boil h2o advisories and that 944 Kentuckians person been fixed structure successful hotels oregon authorities parks.

People successful request of assistance tin spell to disasterassistance.gov, download the FEMA app oregon telephone 1-800-621-3362.