Storm systems sweeping across parts of the US Midwest and South have left at least 27 people dead, many of them in Kentucky where what appeared to be a devastating tornado pulverised homes.
In Kentucky, at least 18 people were killed by severe weather, and another 10 were in a critical condition in hospital, Governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday. Seventeen of the deaths were in Laurel County and one was in Pulaski County.
Among the dead was a firefighter with the Laurel County Fire Department who was fatally injured while responding to the havoc caused by the weather.
The fire department did not immediately say how Major Roger Leatherman was injured or when he died.
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