Officials said that nine people died in five states south of the border after damaging winds and storms struck the region on Thursday and Friday.
Officials said that three people were killed in Kentucky Friday: one in Tennessee, three others in Alabama and one in Arkansas. One person died in severe weather in Mississippi on Thursday.
According to outage tracking website , more than 750,000 homes in Tennessee and Kentucky were without power on Friday evening.
Kentucky Governor. Andy Beshear spoke at a Friday morning news conference.
To help get aid to the areas that are most needed, he signed a declaration of emergency. This included putting 400 National Guard personnel on notice.
Beshear stated that the deaths occurred in Kentucky’s Simpson, Edmonson, and Logan counties.
According to the sheriff’s office, a man was found dead in his car in Humphreys County Tennessee.
The tree’s top fell approximately 50 feet and hit the front of the car. According to the office, there were straight-line winds between 50-60 mph at that time.
A fallen tree near a damaged home in Pike County, Ark., on Friday.
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Officials said that the three Alabama deaths were caused by falling trees or fallen tree limbs on Friday in Talladega Lexington Huntsville.
According to MEMA, a tree that fell on a vehicle in Yazoo County, Mississippi, killed a person.
According to the sheriff’s office, a man was discovered dead in Scott County, Arkansas on Friday morning. He was near a truck that had been submerged by floodwaters.
According to the National Weather Service, more than 14 million people were affected by high-wind warnings Friday evening in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. Other areas were also affected by wind advisories, including Pennsylvania and Georgia.
According to the weather service in Nashville, some places in Tennessee experienced winds comparable to a tropical storm on Friday. Clarksville sustained winds were 40 mph, while Springfield experienced 54 mph. (A tropical storm is a sustained wind speed of 39 mph.
Nashville Electric Service stated that 115,000 homes and businesses were without power Friday night due to morning storms. It stated that 48 transmission lines were down and 18 power poles had been damaged.
When a Tennessee Highway Patrol sergeant was looking into a crash, trees fell on his car and trapped him . The officer was not hurt.
In western Kentucky, McCracken County was hit by a tornado. There was some damage but sheriff’s office said deputies went door to door and found no injuries.
Lexington’s fire department said almost all trucks were out running Friday night for downed power lines or people trapped in elevators.
