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Tornadoes that swept through parts of Kentucky Friday night killed 18 people in Kentucky and left several others critically injured. The storms that hit Kentucky came from a weather system
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - 19 Kentuckians are dead after severe thunderstorms and a tornado hit the commonwealth last week. The majority of those deaths came from Laurel County, where Gov. Andy Beshear gave an update on the severe weather.
The decision comes in the wake of the recent severe weather event that caused significant disruption across the region.
"We're gonna keep coming back over, and over, and over to show everybody that we're going to rebuild every structure and every life," Gov. Andy Beshear said.
The National Weather Service has confirmed the tornado that hit southern Kentucky, causing massive devastation reached EF-4 level strength.
A National Weather Service official said it was the deadliest tornado to ever come through the Jackson office's warning area.
As Kentucky braces for the possibility of more severe weather Tuesday night, the National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Pulaski and Laurel counties late Friday was an EF-4, with winds of 170 miles per hour.
Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear remembered 19 people killed by a tornado that ripped through the state Friday as children of God and asked for prayers for others injured or displaced by the event