At least 50 people were killed by the impact of several tornadoes in the U.S.

Dozens of people have died on Friday night as a result of the impact of several tornadoes in the mid-western region of the United States, where the most affected was the state of Kentucky with at least 50 deaths, Governor Andy Beshear said Saturday. We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 residents in Kentucky, it will likely end closer to 70 to 100 lives lost,” he said in an appearance before the press. Beshear said a tornado touched down and traveled about 200 miles (320 kilometers), in what would have been the “most severe event of its kind in Kentucky history.” The worst happened in the city of Mayfield, of about 10,000 inhabitants, where a tornado collapsed a factory in which more than a hundred people worked at the time, causing a “massive” number of victims. There were about 110 people at the time the tornado hit him,” Beshear said. “We believe we will lose at least dozens of those people. It’s very hard, really hard, and we’re praying for each and every one of those families,” he said in his appearance. The leader, who declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard and Kentuky State Police in the face of the great damage caused, said that some areas have been hit so hard that it is “difficult to explain in words.” Beshear said multiple tornadoes hit a dozen counties but the most severe of them initially originated in Arkansas and traveled a distance “never seen before.” According to the U.S. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Storm Prediction Center, 32 tornadoes have made landfall in recent hours in multiple states across the country, including Tennessee, Illinois and Arkansas, where authorities have also reported fatalities. The strong storm caused multiple employees of the e-commerce giant Amazon to be trapped on Friday inside a company warehouse after the collapse of that building located in Edwardsville (Illinois), leaving fatalities, local authorities said. The collapse of the building was known shortly after a tornado touched down in that town, around 20:30 local time (2:30 GMT). Tennessee saw two deaths in the far northwest of the state, according to Dean Flener, a spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, while a third person died in neighboring Obion County.And in Arkansas at least one person died and several more were trapped in a nursing home when a tornado hit the building Friday night. local media reported.

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