{"id":120516,"date":"2021-12-11T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120516"},"modified":"2021-12-11T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T20:54:00","slug":"at-least-30-tornadoes-rampaged-through-5-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=120516","title":{"rendered":"\u2018At Least\u2019 30 Tornadoes Rampaged Through 5 States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-120517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister-444x333.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/twister.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>At minimum 30 tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Over 70 dead as 22 reported tornadoes rip across South, Midwest<br \/>\nKentucky saw its deadliest tornado system ever, the governor said.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>By Emily Shapiro, Max Golembo, Daniel Peck, Mark Osborne, and Meredith Deliso<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A devastating tornado outbreak has killed dozens of people across two states, with Kentucky seeing its deadliest tornado system ever, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 70 people were killed in western Kentucky, and the death toll could exceed 100 people, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been the most devastating tornado event in our state&#8217;s history,&#8221; Beshear said during a Saturday morning press briefing. &#8220;For those that have seen it, what it&#8217;s done here in Graves County and elsewhere, it is indescribable.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also pledged assistance to people affected by the tornadoes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heartbreaking devastation and loss of life from tornadoes and severe weather across the Midwest and South,&#8221; he said on Twitter, adding that DHS and FEMA &#8220;stand ready to assist the people of Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky\/story?id=81672801\">ABC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas hasn&#8217;t been a bastion of confidence in what passes as performance in his duties thus far. His Chief of Staff, Karen Olick, has decided to resign her position to &#8220;pursue new opportunities&#8221; due to his mishandling of the self-inflicted disaster on our southern border. <\/p>\n<p>I sincerely hope he gets this one right, just as I&#8217;m sure no one is waiting for his descisions.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At minimum 30 tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee. 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