Tornado Activity In Kentucky, Missouri Leaves 21 Dead
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At least 21 people are dead in Kentucky and Missouri on Saturday after a night of severe weather and tornadoes battered cities large and small across the two states, with officials warning the death toll is likely to rise.

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At least 14 people have been killed in Kentucky while seven have been reported dead in Missouri, according to state officials.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said “we lost at least 14 of our people to last night’s storms,” noting the “number is expected to grow as we receive more information.”

St. Louis was one of the cities hit hardest by the severe weather, with five deaths in the city and more than 5,000 homes damaged, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said.

Some 84,000 people are without power in Missouri while nearly 100,000 have no power in Kentucky following the weather event, according to poweroutage.us.

In a short range forecast published early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging wind gusts and “a couple of tornadoes are expected across the southern Plains.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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