central u.s. late friday night. at least 48 people have been killed by the storms and the death toll is expected to rise in the coming days as crews sift through the rubble. kentucky was particularly hard hit. governor andy brashear declared a state of emergency early saturday morning describing the disaster as the deadliest tornado event in the commonwealth history. on sunday he told the press he is concerned most of the morgues in the area aren t big enough to handle the grim situation on the ground. restoring power is also a challenge across kentucky. more than 100,000 residents remain without electricity or heat and many have no place left to turn. brashear reflected on the difficulties facing the commonwealth in a press conference sunday afternoon. i wish i understood why we ve gotten hit with a pandemic, historic ice storm, flooding, and now the worst tornado in our history all in a span of 19 months. what i do know is that in kentucky we re good people. we care about one ano
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history. the governor now speaking. let s listen in. to the worst tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. our state was hit by at least four tornadoes. one stayed on the ground in kentucky for at least 200 miles devastating anything in its path. thousands of homes are damaged if not entirely destroyed. and it may be weeks before we have final counts on both deaths and levels of destruction. we lost lives in at least eight counties and at least 18 counties suffered damage. as of this morning, our best count for confirmed deaths, the most accurate count we have as of this morning, 64 kentuckians.
catastrophic tornados struck through the u.s. last night. declaring a state of emergency in the morning, describing the disaster as the most dangerous tornado event in the common wealth s history, concerned most of kentucky s moors aren t ready to deal with the situation on the ground. calling the storms a tragedy, biden is reported to going to visit the region, once circumstances allow, a presidential visit. more ayman coming up, after this. yman coming up, after this snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike s denture. but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip.
the amazon founder, jeff bezos, pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. they are just extraordinary images, aren t they? jonathon gregg is the senior multimedia journalist for spectrum news, he s been on the ground in mayfield for the last two days interviewing survivors and volunteers, he s been telling me what he saw. it is quite shocking once you get on the ground. certainly that first night. also shocking because when you get in the town it was still dark, a couple of hours until the sun rises where you really got the full scope of how devastating and powerful this tornado was. when i look at it,