Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed five people died Sunday after severe storms tore through the state, dropping several tornadoes and leaving tens of thousands of people without power.
Governor Beshear said a 67-year-old Mercer County woman, a 62-year-old Hardin County woman, a 48-year-old Hopkins County woman and a 34-year-old Jefferson County man were killed Sunday, a 54-year-old man died from a heart attack while cutting fallen trees in Caldwell County.
The Jefferson County death happened just after noon Sunday, according to Louisville Metro Police Sgt. Matt Sanders. Police said the man was hit by a tree in the 10700 block of Hobbs Station Road near Anchorage and was pronounced dead at the scene. LMPD’s Homicide Unit was on scene conducting a death investigation.
Hardin County EMA Director Joey Scott said the 62-year-old woman who died Sunday suffered cardiac arrest while going down the stairs of her home during the tornado warning in Radcliff.
Beshear said officials know of a few tornadoes that definitively touched down in Kentucky, and the National Weather Service has confirmed two through its surveys Monday. An EF1 tornado with 90 mph winds touched down in eastern Meade and northern Hardin counties, just south of Fort Knox. Another EF1 hit Butler and Warren counties. Beshear said Monday it was on the ground for at least 40 miles, barely missing the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville and other recently affected communities like Mayfield and Dawson Springs.
The National Weather Service from Louisville was conducting damage surveys Monday to assess damage. Other possible survey locations include Logan, Simpson, Barren, Cumberland, Clinton and Mercer counties.
In total, 14 Kentucky counties declared as state of emergency in the aftermath of the storms to expedite aid where it’s needed most are Bullitt, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Hopkins, Knox, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McLean, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd and Trigg.
Source: WDRB
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