He paused the concert again when a sign waving in the air stole his attention away from his duties onstage. After inquiring about the sign, he learned it was made to honor the commonwealth communities in Kentucky that were devastated by tornadoes over the weekend.

Two days after deadly tornadoes tore through southern Kentucky, devastated communities are beginning the painful process of picking up the pieces.

Dozens of people lost their lives after tornadoes swept through Kentucky and Missouri over the weekend as the communities impacted were forced to grapple

KENTUCKY, USA — Kentucky residents are at-risk to fall for scams in the aftermath of the weekend's devastating tornadoes and storms. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Greater Kentucky and South Central Indiana is warning of scammers after tornadoes tore through the Commonwealth on Friday.

The nationwide tornado threat is expected to downshift by Wednesday, with several relatively quiet days in the offing. Late May is still peak season, however, so pockets of severe weather could begin cropping up by the weekend into next week across the Southern Plains.

At least three emergency orders were issued in 2024; three were also issued in 2023, five in 2022, two in 2021 and one in 2020. A violent wave of Friday storms and a tornado has killed at least 19 people in Southern Kentucky.

This number could increase as the National Weather Service surveys areas impacted by the severe storms that hit the state Friday.