Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear alongside Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gracia Szczech, regional administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Michael Dossett, director of Kentucky Emergency Management provided an update Sunday afternoon in the aftermath of severe storms and tornadoes that tore through multiple U.S. states Friday night and early Saturday morning.

The tornadoes hit Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee late Friday and early Saturday. More than a dozen tornadoes were reported, with the primary tornado traveling more than 320 kilometres, according to Beshear.

During his Saturday morning press conference, Beshear said it was the most devastating tornado event in Kentucky history and that the death toll could reach at least 100 people.

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