(19 May 2025)
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London, Kentucky – 19 May 2025
1. Volunteers cleaning debris in the aftermath of the Kentucky tornado
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press reporter:
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"I’m in a neighborhood just outside of London, Kentucky where a tornado roared through late Friday night. It left a long trail of destruction. In some places all that’s left is the foundation of a home and piles of rubble. Elsewhere roofs were torn off. All that’s standing in some blocks are interior walls."
3. Volunteers clearing debris during tornado cleanup in Kentucky
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press reporter:
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"There are lots of cleanup crews that are working today. They’re trying to stay ahead of what could be another storm or possible rainfall here in the next day or so. Some trees were uprooted, others are standing. No limbs are left. No leaves are left."
5. Volunteers clearing debris in Kentucky after tornado destruction
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press reporter:
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"So lives have been shattered. People are having to start over and the cleanup is going to last for a lot of days, but the mayor here says that people are resilient. They’re determined to rebuild no matter how long it takes."
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STORYLINE:
Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.
In St. Louis, where officials estimated a tornado Friday damaged 5,000 buildings and may cost well over $1 billion, the mayor warned Monday that federal assistance could take weeks.
Kentucky has been hardest hit by the storms. A devastating tornado late Friday into early Saturday damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles, left many homeless, and killed at least 19 people, most of them in southeastern Laurel County.
In London where the devastation was centered, the small airport became a beehive of cleanup work after it took a direct hit from a tornado. Officials were using it as a base to get water, food, diapers and other supplies out to the community.
Officials in Kansas and Texas also were evaluating damage from late Sunday storms.
Tornados could be possible in an area centered in eastern Oklahoma on Monday with the risk of severe storms moving into Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Kentucky storms that killed 19 people were part of a weather system that caused seven deaths in Missouri and two in northern Virginia, authorities said.
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