Andy Beshear said, as crews sifted through the wreckage of the candle factory in Mayfield, where 110 people were working overnight Friday when the storm hit. In Kentucky alone, 22 were confirmed dead by Saturday afternoon, including 11 in and around Bowling Green. The storm was all the more remarkable because it came in December, when normally colder weather limits tornadoes, he said. Debris from destroyed buildings and shredded trees covered the ground in Mayfield, a city of about 10,000 in western Kentucky. “I never experienced nothing like this.”President Joe Biden approved an emergency disaster declaration for Kentucky on Saturday and pledged to support the affected states.
