24 times a night! Tornadoes hit 5 major U.S. states at night

On December 10, in Edwardsville, Illinois, the FBA center was hit by a tornado and some homes were severely damaged

Washington, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Kentucky Governor Andy Behir said on the 11th that the state was hit by multiple tornadoes from the evening of the 10th to the morning of the 11th, which may have killed at least 50 people.

Behill said at a briefing on the disaster and response held in the early morning of the 11th that the tornado attack was "the worst in Kentucky's history", and he declared the state into a state of emergency.

"It was one of the toughest nights in Kentucky history, and the damage in some areas is hard to put into words," Behill said, and the death toll could eventually rise to 70 to 100.

In addition, in Arkansas, a nursing home was hit by a tornado on the evening of the 10th, killing at least 2 people and seriously injuring 5 people.

The nursing home is located in the northeastern Arkansas town of Monette and has about 90 beds. After the incident, at least 20 people were trapped in nursing homes. The authorities launched an emergency rescue and relocated the trapped.

Local police said that in addition to the roof of the nursing home being overturned, a mobile tower and other buildings in the town were damaged by tornadoes.

According to local media reports, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center said that as of the early morning of the 11th, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee had reported at least 24 tornado disasters.

【Source: Xinhua News Agency】