Recovery and cleanup continue a week after dozens of tornadoes tore through nine states in the South and Midwest, leaving heartbreaking destruction in their wake.
MORE: Tornado victims include 2-month-old, district judge, a father and son, factory and warehouse workers"Our hope is that means we won't see many, maybe any more deaths," he said during a press briefing."But remember, there are still a number of people in the hospital. I don't have a report on how significant injuries are, so it could grow."An aerial view of a fallen tree in a graveyard after a devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through several U.S.
Over 1,000 homes were destroyed, according to Beshear, with the tight-knit communities of Mayfield and Dawson Springs among the hardest hit. But the state is resilient, he stressed. Hundreds of homes remain without power as of Saturday, and some communities are on a boil water advisory, Beshear said."The rain that's hit western Kentucky in the last day-and-a-half is just mean," Beshear said."It's really hard to understand how they could get hit with a tornado the likes of which we have never seen, and then it dumps rain on them as they're trying to dig out.
"As time moves forward, we want to help others too. But this is a specific need of people to get back on their feet," he said.
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