Newlyweds lose 1st home in deadly Kentucky storm
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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 crews prepared to clear roads of debris on Monday, as severe weather is expected again in West Kentucky.
Kansas City is getting hit by winds up to 80 MPH and half-dollar-sized hail that could damage roofs or cars. The area is also in danger of flash flooding, as thunderstorms batter the Midwest and Great Plains.
The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.
Forecasters warned Monday that more tornados and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days.
The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.
Various fire departments and organizations from the Greater Cincinnati area have sent members down to southern Kentucky after deadly severe storms swept through the area Friday night. Beshear said at least 18 people have been found dead after the storms.
Twenty-six tornadoes have been reported from Friday's storms in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and one from New Jersey.