Source: Politics
Kentucky governor gives update on tornado death toll
1 00:00:00,070 –> 00:00:05,460 >> Our state was hit by at least four tornadoes. One stayed on 2 00:00:05,460 –> 00:00:11,400 the ground in Kentucky or at least 200 miles devastating 3 00:00:11,400 –> 00:00:16,770 anything in its path. Thousands of homes are damaged if not 4 00:00:16,770 –> 00:00:22,380 entirely destroyed and it may be weeks before we have final counts on 5 00:00:22,380 –> 00:00:27,990 both deaths and levels of destruction. We lost lives in 6 00:00:27,990 –> 00:00:33,600 at least eight counties and at least 18 counties suffered 7 00:00:33,600 –> 00:00:38,590 damage as of this morning. 8 00:00:38,650 –> 00:00:44,170 >> Our best count four confirmed deaths the most accurate count we have as 9 00:00:44,170 –> 00:00:49,890 of this morning are sixty four Kentuckians. 10 00:00:49,890 –> 00:00:55,190 Remember this is fluid and the numbers will change and sometimes they have. Thank God gone 11 00:00:55,190 –> 00:00:58,290 down other times they’ve gone up. 12 00:00:58,320 –> 00:01:04,330 >> Currently we believe there are at least one hundred and five Kentuckians that are unaccounted for that 13 00:01:04,330 –> 00:01:09,810 we are still working to find of the ones that 14 00:01:09,810 –> 00:01:15,060 we know the h 15 00:01:15,060 –> 00:01:21,020 the age range is five months to 16 00:01:21,020 –> 00:01:29,350 86 years and six or younger than 18 help 17 00:01:29,350 –> 00:01:35,140 keeps pouring in from all over the country. Thank you to 18 00:01:35,140 –> 00:01:38,770 everyone we feel your love here in Kentucky. 19 00:01:40,320 –> 00:01:45,830 >> I was working on getting the confirmed deaths this morning and realized 20 00:01:45,830 –> 00:01:52,160 I was riding on the back of notes that one of my kids took from school and 21 00:01:52,160 –> 00:01:57,460 here’s what what it is it’s it’s no it’s on inertia it 22 00:01:57,460 –> 00:02:03,410 means that an object that’s in motion will stay in motion. So 23 00:02:03,410 –> 00:02:07,520 we’re going to keep putting one foot in front of the other and push through this.