US: Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the collection of tornadoes was the most destructive in the state's history

At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and setting off a scramble to find survivors beneath the rubble, officials said Saturday.

The powerful twisters, which weather forecasters say are unusual in cooler months, destroyed a candle factory and the fire and police stations in a small town in Kentucky, ripped through a nursing home in neighboring Missouri, and killed at least six workers at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois.
 

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the collection of tornadoes was the