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May 25, 2024 · Hazard, KY (41701) Today. Mainly clear. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low around 65F. Winds light and variable.. Tonight. Mainly clear. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low around 65F. Winds light and variable. Updated: May 25, 2024 @ 10:43 pm
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- 'A plan to move forward'
Rescuers continued to search for survivors Monday after tornadoes tore through Kentucky and neighboring states over the weekend, devastating entire towns and killing dozens of people.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in an update Monday afternoon that 74 people in the state had been confirmed dead and that over 100 others were unaccounted for, with both numbers expected to grow.
Beshear said Monday morning that it would take “a week or even more before we have a final count on the number of lost lives," saying the "mountain of waste" included perished livestock.
Flags at government buildings will be flown at half-staff for a week beginning Tuesday, and a state fund will pay for the funerals of those who have died, Beshear said.
The series of unseasonal storms ripped through several states across the Midwest and the South overnight Friday, leveling a candle factory and entire communities in Kentucky and hitting a nursing home in Arkansas and an Amazon distribution center in Illinois.
Meteorologists have said climate change most likely made the tornado outbreak worse by altering or amplifying the ingredients that produced the outbreak, such as higher-than-average December temperatures.
Michael Dossett, the director of the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, has said efforts are already underway to start rebuilding.
Speaking Sunday at a news conference, he said officials were drafting "a plan to move forward, bringing new housing construction."
However, he said, he also wanted to manage expectations, warning that "this doesn't happen overnight."
In Mayfield, residents said they were ready to rebuild as they grappled with the devastating losses of their homes and businesses.
"There's nothing left here. So all we can do is just clean up and start again," said Wayne Flint, whose family restaurant was flattened. "That's what we're going to do. ... I don't know what else to do."
Another resident said: "It's going to get better. ... Neighbors help neighbors. We're going to be back."
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