
Governor's Office Says Kentucky had 11 Confirmed Tornadoes on Tuesday
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The governor's office says Kentucky had 11 confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday.
The governor's office says Kentucky had 11 confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday - one EF2 tornado was reported in Prospect in Jefferson County and another in Boyd County, which was hit with two tornadoes.
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Governor's Office Says Kentucky had 11 Confirmed Tornadoes on Tuesday
Clip: Season 2 Episode 221 | 3m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
The governor's office says Kentucky had 11 confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday - one EF2 tornado was reported in Prospect in Jefferson County and another in Boyd County, which was hit with two tornadoes.
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The governor's office says Kentucky had 11 confirmed tornadoes on Tuesday.
Boiled County had two of those.
One of the Boyd County tornadoes was an EF two, along with one in Jefferson County.
The others were EF ones.
There is still one confirmed death, a man who died in a car crash in Campbell County.
Governor Andy Beshear toured the damage and prospect on Wednesday.
Today, the National Weather Service announced it upgraded the tornado that hit the city to an EF two.
The National Weather Service says the tornado struck Jeffersonville, Indiana, before jumping the Ohio River and hitting prospect when speeds reached up to 120 miles per hour, destroying homes and downing large trees.
Crews are still working to clear roadways.
Governor Bashir also toured Jessamine County Wednesday.
One of the areas hit by an EF one tornado.
There was extensive damage reported in an adult Central park where several buildings had roofs and siding torn off.
The last time the county was hit by a tornado was in 1995.
And if one tornado also touched down in Anderson County, downing large trees and damaging buildings, particularly roofs.
The National Weather Service reports 95 mile an hour winds.
Emergency management crews are were quick to help with cleanup and some people have already started rebuilding roofs.
Cleanup continues across Kentucky following severe weather on Tuesday.
That includes in Lexington, where straight line winds uprooted trees, trees, rather, in the Cardinal Valley neighborhood.
Power lines were taken down and some homes and vehicles were damaged.
One homeowner who works the night shift was awakened by an unexpected alarm.
A lot of wind.
And then it started to pick up.
And then I just hear this kind of thunder.
I heard the house shaking.
And that's that's what happened with that noise.
Well, that noise was a tree coming down on his roof and vehicle.
His car was crushed.
Santro says he's just glad he his partner and dogs are all safe.
Crews immediately got to work, removing trees from power lines so electricity could be restored.
We've got to wait for you to assess everything.
Then the ground, the lines cut the power off, make sure that nothing's electrified and they give us to go.
We go in assessed area, see what the dangers are and what's going on and come up three or four plans to get it all safe.
Just pick one and go.
Corey Dever estimates there were as many as 200 trees on power lines across Lexington.
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