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The Response To The Tornadoes In Kentucky

WAMU 88.5

Published December 14, 2021 at 8:36 AM EST

Jessica Hart begins sifting through belongings with her son Boone in Mayfield, Kentucky.

President Joe Biden is in Kentucky this week, surveying the remnants of two towns decimated by tornadoes.

A half-dozen twisters tore through a 200-mile-long path through Kentucky and five other states this weekend.

At least 74 are dead in Kentucky. More than 100 are missing.

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