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The death toll from this weekend’s severe storms in Kentucky reached 19 on Sunday after a 93-year-old woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning on her houseboat in Russell County. Russell County ...

Tornadoes in southeastern Kentucky resulted in at least 19 confirmed ... Beshear said at a press conference May 17. Of the 19 deaths reported by Beshear, 17 were in Laurel County, one was in ...

The storms were part of a weather system on Friday that killed 19 people in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and at least one ...

The death toll from severe storms in Kentucky this weekend reached 19 on Sunday, said Gov. Andy Beshear. The latest death was a woman in Russell County, Beshear posted on social media Sunday ...

The deadly storm system swept across the Commonwealth on May 16 and 17, bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, hail, and ...

Aerial video footage from areas in the South and Midwest, including Kentucky, show a trail of destruction left by devastating storms and tornadoes.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reported deaths in devastated Polk County. Missouri officials say seven died there, and in Virginia, two died when trees struck their vehicles.

Western Kentucky experienced three additional tornadoes, including an EF-3 in Morganfield. At least 19 deaths have been reported across the ... to survey damages after recent severe weather. Storm ...

On May 16, a super-cell storm produced a killer EF-4 tornado packing maximum 170 mph winds that roared across southern ...

The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of a growing number of forecast offices unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration cut staffing levels through buyouts and firings.