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A seventh straight day of powerful thunderstorms and significant severe weather is ahead from the Midwest to Deep South.
Meteorologists with the NWS Paducah office have also confirmed several tornadoes in its region the afternoon and evening of May 16. Three tornadoes impacted western Kentucky, including an EF-3 tornado in Morganfield with winds of 155 mph, an EF-2 tornado in Allegre and an EF-2 tornado in Casky.
Kentucky residents impacted by deadly tornadoes will likely have to turn to a weakened Federal Emergency Management Agency to aid recovery.
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
The Jackson, Kentucky, weather service office recently cut overnight staff but meteorologists were called in to handle the deadly tornado outbreak.
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Around 30 million Americans may see storms producing tornadoes, strong winds, large hail and flash flooding on Tuesday, including those already dealing with damage from previous tornadoes over the weekend.
In London, Ky., the scope of the destruction from a tornado that killed 19 in the state was coming into view as residents tried to process the disaster.
As a second round of severe weather is expected to hit Kentucky, the central region will not have access to a common alert system used by the National Weather Service. Emergency updates normally issued over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ’s weather radios will be offline Tuesday night for scheduled upgrades.