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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Friday marks one week since a deadly tornado ripped through several Kentucky communities. Throughout the week, we’ve brought you countless stories of survival and recovery. While one week has passed, it will take months, likely even years, for the community to pick up the pieces and rebuild.
A Kentucky woman is reunited with her wedding dress following a tornado. The woman's neighbor described the moment she discovered the gown and her mission to find the owner using a lost and found Facebook page.
Tornado-ravaged Laurel County had special visitors on Friday, including Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman saw the destruction one week after a monstrous EF-4 tornado ripped through several Kentucky counties,
Coleman said despite all of the disasters the state has faced in recent years, the promise to help everyone recovery still remains.
Saturday night, Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling and Pulaski County Coroner Clyde Strunk identified 18 of the confirmed victims of severe storms and a tornado that swept Kentucky late Friday ...
At least 19 people have died from tornadoes in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said as of May 18. Earlier that day, London Mayor Randall Weddle said 23 people had died in Laurel County alone ...
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.
From Friday at 11:30 p.m. to Saturday at 9 a.m., the London-Laurel 911 center received over 600 calls for help as a tornado barreled through the area.