More than 100 people died in deadly tornadoes that devastated towns in Kentucky, as hope of finding survivors wanes.
Local authorities confirmed the death of 80 people in the most devastating tornado event in the state’s history.
“Nothing that was standing in the direct line of [one] tornado is still standing,” the governor said.
President Joe Biden has declared a major federal disaster in Kentucky and ordered federal aid to the hardest-hit areas.
Rescue workers scoured debris for survivors, while teams distributed water and generators to residents.
More than 300 members of the National Guard were going door to door and removing debris.
“We’re still hoping as we move forward to find more people,” the governor said during a visit to Mayfield.
However, no-one has been found alive since Saturday morning.
The National Weather Service will perform the official tornado survey to confirm if it was a continuous tornado or several tornadoes produced by the same storm.
If confirmed as one single and continuous tornado, it will set the record for the longest “long-track” tornado in US.
Previously, the longest a tornado had travelled along the ground in the US was a 219-mile storm in Missouri in March 1925 that claimed 695 lives.
