Many people fear death in Kentucky as a hurricane erupts in parts of the US | Stories

The Kentucky governor says at least 50 people have been killed and a number of people injured have been injured in a candlelight vigil, and a number of deaths have been reported in several other states.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Saturday said the government believed that more than 50 people had died in the storm and that more people had been killed in neighboring states affected by the cyclone.

In southwestern Kentucky in Mayfield, a candle factory with staff inside has been “established”, according to police. Beshear described the incident at the site as “sad”.

“There were about 110 people at the time the storm hit,” he told a news conference on Saturday morning. Beshear said the death toll could reach “70 to 100”.

“We hope we lose a few more. It’s very difficult, very difficult, and we pray for every family.”

Beshear, who announced the crash, said the typhoon damaged 322 kilometers through the state, calling it “extremely dangerous” in “Kentucky history”.

Elsewhere, police in Edwardsville, Illinois, confirmed that people had died in a remote part of the Amazon when the roof collapsed and a long football field collapsed, the Associated Press reported. About 100 emergency vehicles crashed into a warehouse 40km (25 miles) east of St Louis.

It was not immediately clear how many people were injured, but one person was airlifted to a hospital.

Earlier on Saturday, rescue workers were still sweeping the rubbish while braces and backholes were brought in to help remove the debris. Police say the operation will take several hours.

Meanwhile Dean Flener, a spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said three people who died as a result of the storm were identified in the northwestern state. Two of the deaths occurred in Lake County, and a third was in Obion district.

At least one person was killed and five were seriously injured when a typhoon slammed into the roof of a nursing home in Monette, north of Arkansas, US media reported.