{"id":1109035,"date":"2021-12-11T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109035"},"modified":"2021-12-11T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T18:58:42","slug":"237000-without-power-in-kentucky-tennessee-following-catastrophic-tornadoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/237000-without-power-in-kentucky-tennessee-following-catastrophic-tornadoes\/","title":{"rendered":"237,000 Without Power in Kentucky, Tennessee Following Catastrophic Tornadoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F237000-without-power-in-kentucky-tennessee-following-catastrophic-tornadoes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/severe-weather-jeff-schroeder-anna-illinois-at-debris-strewn-house-sister-neighborhoo-e1639247369135-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Some 237,000 customers are without power in Kentucky and Tennessee in the aftermath of catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through numerous states in America\u2019s heartland.<\/p>\n<p>As of 11:20 a.m. Saturday PowerOutage.us <a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/\">reported<\/a> 144,842 customers in Tennessee and 92,795 customers in Kentucky were without power.&nbsp;In Indiana, 75,425 were without power, and another 21,330 and 13,446 were without power in Arkansas and Illinois, respectfully.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4172185430464\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 600k electric customers are without power across the USA. Due to two large storm systems impacting different sections of the nation. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJ0OPcOSrS\">https:\/\/t.co\/kJ0OPcOSrS<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerOutage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerOutage<\/a> data. [2021-12-11 10:30 AM EST] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yfK0dhNYB6\">pic.twitter.com\/yfK0dhNYB6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PowerOutage.us (@PowerOutage_us) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PowerOutage_us\/status\/1469694489266733062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6678445229682\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keep away from power lines. Stay at least 35 feet away from fallen power lines and anything they are touching. Call 911 and let them know. More power outage safety: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXcullhOkf\">https:\/\/t.co\/EXcullhOkf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSX23YdwrV\">pic.twitter.com\/hSX23YdwrV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Red Cross of Tennessee (@RedCrossTN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCrossTN\/status\/1469705287984685057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Kentucky alone, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky\/story?id=81672801\">indicated<\/a> at least 50 people were killed by tornadoes and extreme weather, per ABC News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.88\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: At least 50 people killed in Mayfield, KY in ovenight tornado, per Gov. Beshear. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Angela Robinson, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WLKY<\/a> viewer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q9dVUq9s86\">pic.twitter.com\/Q9dVUq9s86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julie Dolan (@WLKYJulie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLKYJulie\/status\/1469590546654146569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A tornado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/storms-hit-arkansas-nursing-home-illinois-amazon-warehouse\/\">struck<\/a> a candle factory in Mayfield, KY where 110 people were working, the AP reports, citing Beshear.&nbsp;\u201cWe believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians and probably end up 70 to 100,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6629213483146\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drone video from Western Ky state Senator Whitney Westerfield, capturing daylight video from damage to the courthouse in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mayfield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mayfield<\/a>, Kentucky from Friday&#8217;s overnight tornadoes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l0g6JEiMVA\">pic.twitter.com\/l0g6JEiMVA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Anderson (@MarioAndersonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioAndersonTV\/status\/1469676730105446400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In&nbsp;Edwardsville Illinois, about 25 miles east of St Louis, an Amazon factory was walloped. The roof caved in and a wall spanning about 100-yards tumbled to the ground, per the AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.25\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is all that&#8217;s left of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois after a tornado struck the building, in what&#8217;s being described as a &#8216;mass casualty event&#8217; by officials.<\/p>\n<p>Several tornadoes struck a number of US states overnight, with reports of more than 50 people killed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AG2RDadwb3\">pic.twitter.com\/AG2RDadwb3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News\/status\/1469651862668386306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One death was confirmed in the incident and two were transported via helicopter to St. Louis area hospitals, Edwardsville Police Chief&nbsp;Mike Fillback said, per the outlet. Fillback did not know their conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The AP reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear whether the damage was caused by straight-line storms or a tornado, but the National Weather Service office near St. Louis reported \u201cradar-confirmed tornadoes\u201d in the Edwardsville area at around the time of the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 people who were in the building were taken by bus to the police station in nearby Pontoon Beach for evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday, rescue crews were still sorting through the rubble. Fillback said the process could take several more hours. Cranes and backhoes were brought in to help move debris.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1awozwy r-jwli3a r-6koalj r-37j5jr r-adyw6z r-1vr29t4 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-1udh08x r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\" readability=\"7.8608695652174\">\n<div class=\"css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-6koalj r-9cviqr r-1ny4l3l r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" readability=\"10.808695652174\">Amazon Spokesperson Richard Rocha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/gov-pritzker-my-prayers-are-with-the-people-of-edwardsville-after-collapse-at-amazon-distribution\/article_4d5fae3e-5a32-11ec-8487-d76116b95256.html\">told<\/a> KMOV, \u201cThe safety and well-being of our employees and partners is our top priority right now. We\u2019re assessing the situation and will share additional information when it\u2019s available.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1awozwy r-jwli3a r-6koalj r-37j5jr r-adyw6z r-1vr29t4 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-1udh08x r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" readability=\"10.104779411765\">\n<div class=\"css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-6koalj r-9cviqr r-1ny4l3l r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts, prayers, and deepest sympathies are with the victims, their loved ones, and everyone impacted,\u201d Amazon stated. \u201cThis is a devastating tragedy for our Amazon family and our focus is on supporting our employees and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 237,000 customers are without power in Kentucky and Tennessee in the aftermath of catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through numerous states in America\u2019s heartland. 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