Kentucky, tornado and FEMA
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After deadly flooding in the commonwealth last month, President Donald Trump approved a request for FEMA assistance about two weeks after the disaster.
More severe weather is forecast to move into the commonwealth May 20, including in some of the areas hit hardest by recent tornadoes.
Tornadoes that swept through Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia killed more than two dozen people, destroyed homes and left thousands without power as residents began clearing widespread storm damage.
Trump weakened the understaffed National Weather Service. Some in the storms' paths wonder if those cuts contributed to the death toll.
A deadly EF-4 tornado ravaged Laurel and Pulaski counties, but also caused damage in several other areas on May 16.
The EF-4 tornado that caused extensive damage in Kentucky this past weekend has sparked conversations about warning systems, particularly tornado sirens.
At least 28 people across three states were killed when tornadoes struck Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia on Friday, with a governor and a mayor calling them among the worst they’ve ever seen. Unseen,
London, Ky. — More tornadoes plowed through the central U.S. on Monday, ripping apart buildings and knocking out power as people from Texas to Kentucky continued to clean up from days of severe weather that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings.