“The confirmation process is slow, but from reports received we’ve lost more than 80. That number is likely to exceed 100.”
Those are the words of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Sunday morning as he provided an update on the devastation across his state.
“Devastation like none of us have ever seen before.”
That is certainly the case. The maximum width of the tornado was at least three-fourths of a mile and traveled more than 220 miles on the ground in Kentucky before ending.
That would make it the longest tracked tornado in U.S. history. 1 mile longer than the famous “Tri-State” tornado from 1925, which tracked 219 miles across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
Currently Governor Beshear estimates that there are thousands across Kentucky without homes due to the devastation and the road to recovery ahead is very long for The Bluegrass State.
Middle Tennessee has also been impacted heavily as Dickson and Kingston Springs were both struck by EF-2 tornadoes early Saturday morning.
Cheatham County Emergency Management Agency reports multiple tornadoes were in the Middle Tennessee area from the overnight storms leaving damage across the region. Multiple states including Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois were also affected.
This is certainly one of the most impactful, dangerous and powerful storm systems to ever hit in the month of December.
Read the update from Kentucky Governor Beshear HERE.
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