Kentucky, tornado and severe weather
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One week after a deadly EF-4 tornado hit Russell, Pulaski, and Laurel counties, the National Weather Service has updated the storm’s path.
Additionally, there was no evidence that tornado sirens in the area had been deactivated by the Trump administration's budget cuts — if there was, the people affected by the storm certainly would have noted that fact in interviews.
Kentucky firefighter Leslie Leatherman answered the call for help when a late-night tornado plowed through his Laurel County community.
The nonprofit Mission Mules of North Carolina is helping survivors of deadly tornadoes that devastated parts of Kentucky on Friday.
Did alerts go out? What type of alerts did people receive? National Weather Service and others have said the Jackson office was staffed Friday night despite staffing shortages.
About a month and a half after experiencing massive flooding Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort is now helping raise money for other storm victims.
The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.
Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.
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Kentucky has been rocked by a series of floods and devastating storms over the past few months, including one flood that shut down the Buffalo Trace Distillery for a period of time. In order to raise money for relief efforts to help those affected by these natural disasters,
The move would help get federal assistance moving into Kentucky to help people who saw damage to their homes after deadly tornadoes and severe weather last week. There have been reports of FEMA being on the ground, so WBIR 10News spoke with some people who live in the area.