DEADLY TORNADOES
- 8:19 p.m.The plan was to ‘shelter in place’ when the tornado hit, candle factory leaders say
- 8:01 p.m.Deadly path: How tornadoes ripped through states
- 7:20 p.m.Loved ones remember Clayton Cope, who died in the Amazon warehouse collapse
- 7:12 p.m.Six dead after Amazon facility collapses; no more survivors expected
- 6:56 p.m.Workers put their bodies on the line to shield care facility residents in Arkansas, nurse says
- 6:27 p.m.State launches Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund to help victims
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