Though one tornado hit Bowling Green, the home of Western Kentucky University (where my daughter went to college ), with a confirmed 11 of the 70+ deaths there (50 confirmed deaths, over 20 missing/presumed dead) ...
... by far, the worst damage (and most of the deaths/missing) came from the tornado that ripped through the town of Mayfield, Kentucky (near Paducah, the Kentucky/Missouri/Illinois tri-state area) - the town is nearly gone ...
In particular, it seems several of the dead and missing were employees at this candle factory, Mayfield Consumer Products ...
Here's drone aerial footage of the region, which ends with footage of the main street of the town, the hardest hit ...
And a before an after picture of their historic county courthouse (Graves County) ...
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