‘The Walls Started to Cave in’: 70 Dead, Homes Obliterated in Kentucky Tornado

MONSTER STORMS

Up to 100 people are feared dead, most of them employees at a candle factory in Kentucky that was razed by the worst tornado in the state’s history.

Senior National Reporter

Former Reporter/Editor

Published Dec. 10 2021 10:04PM EST

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Courtney Wooldridge, her husband and their two kids were asleep in their Campbellsville, Kentucky home on Friday night when they got an alert of a possible tornado threatening the state.

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

Blake Montgomery

Former Reporter/Editor

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‘The Walls Started to Cave in’: 70 Dead, Homes Obliterated in Kentucky Tornado

Up to 100 people are feared dead, most of them employees at a candle factory in Kentucky that was razed by the worst tornado in the state’s history.

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Pilar Melendez

Blake Montgomery