Nation Jan 27 Many in Kentucky expect long struggle to rebuild, heal after damage from tornadoes By William Brangham, Phil Maravilla
Nation Dec 17 Watch 3:50 News Wrap: Pfizer forecasts COVID-19 pandemic will last until 2024 In our news wrap Friday, Pfizer, in light of the new omicron variant, forecast the pandemic will last until 2024. Russia published demands that NATO get out of central and eastern Europe, and deny membership to Ukraine. The U.S. Senate…
Nation Dec 16 Watch 4:16 News Wrap: Death toll rises to 75 after Kentucky tornadoes, 16 still missing In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll from last Friday's tornadoes in western Kentucky rose to 75 with 16 people still reported missing. Also, twelve members of a U.S. missionary group have been freed two months after they were…
Nation Dec 16 Survivors of deadly tornado that leveled factory sue employer, saying they weren’t allowed to leave The survivors claim Mayfield Consumer Products demonstrated "flagrant indifference" by refusing to allow employees to go home early. By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
Nation Dec 15 Watch 3:21 Biden surveys tornado damage in Kentucky as affected communities continue cleanup efforts It has been five days since tornadoes shattered towns, killing 88 people across Kentucky and neighboring states. President Joe Biden visited the region today to survey the damage and aid efforts. Stephanie Sy reports. By Stephanie Sy, Amber Partida
Dec 15 WATCH: Biden pledges ‘whatever it takes’ to assist tornado victims By Josh Boak, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press “The scope and scale of this destruction is almost beyond belief,” he said as he stood before a home reduced to a few walls and piles of rubble in Dawson Springs, one of two Kentucky towns he visited. Continue reading
Dec 15 Biden visiting Kentucky to console tornado victims, pledge federal aid By Alexandra Jaffe, Zeke Miller, Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — For the fifth time since taking office less than a year ago, President Joe Biden is taking on the grim task of visiting an area ravaged by natural disaster to offer comfort and condolences. Biden… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 4:30 Tornado-hit communities brace for long-term mental health, financial impact of disaster By William Brangham, Harry Zahn Search teams, utility crews and property owners have spent another long day in the tornado wreckage that was strewn across five states last weekend. The confirmed death toll remains at 88 — most of them in western Kentucky. William Brangham… Continue watching
Dec 14 Kentucky faces long recovery after devastating tornadoes By Bruce Schreiner, Claire Galofaro, Associated Press The tornado outbreak Friday that killed at least 88 people in five states — 74 of them in Kentucky — cut a path of devastation that stretched from Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed, to Illinois, where an Amazon… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 7:55 Rescue and recovery efforts underway in Kentucky, other states hit by tornadoes By William Brangham, Mike Fritz, Phil Maravilla, Maea Lenei Buhre The death toll has reached 74 in Kentucky, three nights after a swarm of tornadoes struck. At least 14 people died in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, but the worst was in Mayfield, in far southwestern Kentucky. William Brangham reports. Continue watching