RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “LAUREL COUNTY, KY FISCAL COURT” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— SHOTLIST LONDON, KENTUCKY, US (MAY 17, 2025) (LAUREL COUNTY, KY FISCAL COURT - RESTRICTED) 1. VARIOUS SHOTS OF SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND VEHICLES FOLLOWING TORNADO 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LESLIE WHITE, TORNADO VICTIM, SAYING: "We were, she got scared so we went to the hallway and we were in there maybe what, two minutes? Because it's the closed-in area we have and then my husband and my son come running in and pretty much jumped on top of her because you could feel the air and everything and suck in and... We saw stuff falling and the next thing we knew, most of the house was gone. Well, it hadn't hit too long. So they went looking for shoes and they went out across the street. There's people injured. We searched for car keys. This was the only car we could find keys to and it's almost destroyed, it's destroyed but it started. And now we're just trying to get out to get across town to my mom's basement. But we're, my family is okay. I don't know about everyone else..." LONDON, KENTUCKY, US - MAY 17 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “LAUREL COUNTY, KY FISCAL COURT” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY—: At least 21 people were killed after powerful tornadoes tore through Missouri and Kentucky, leaving widespread damage, triggering states of emergency, and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands across the central United States. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed Saturday that 14 people died in his state. He warned the toll could rise as rescue operations continue. “This is another tough morning for Kentucky after a night of deadly weather,” Beshear wrote on X, adding that the state was in an active rescue phase with more than 100,000 people left without electricity. He had declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm and said he planned to visit the city of London, Kentucky, to assess damage. Five counties have issued emergency declarations. The National Weather Service described one tornado that struck shortly after midnight Friday as “extremely dangerous.” In Missouri, storms killed seven people, including five in the St. Louis area and two in southeastern Scott County, according to NBC News. More than 700,000 homes and businesses across 12 states lost power, with Missouri and Kentucky among the hardest-hit, CNN reported, citing data from PowerOutage.us. Tornado sightings were also reported in Illinois and Indiana as the severe weather system swept across the region.