Mandatory evacuation order issued for some in Laurel County
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We now know the names of the victims of the deadly tornado in Laurel County.PREVIOUS: Team Coverage: Deadly storms tear through KentuckyAccording to Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling, the victims have been identified as:Richard McFall - 73 yrsWanda McFall - 65 yrsJune Johnson Fisher - 74 yrsLes Letherman - 58 yrsDarlene Miller - 67 yrsNancy Clem - 69 yrsPamela Mason - 67 yrsSherri Smith - 68 yrsTiffany Heim - 48 yrsRay Cowan - 88 yrsLinda Sweet - 72 yrsGary Sweet - 71 yrsLisa Fortney - 50 yrsKenneth Elliott - 63 yrsMarshall Miracle - 25 yrsBobby Tillman - 76 yrsBernice Tillman - 73 yrsAmong them was Les Letherman,
"We're gonna keep coming back over, and over, and over to show everybody that we're going to rebuild every structure and every life," Gov. Andy Beshear said.
He spent his life protecting the community and in the end, he did the same thing,” Kentucky fire chief says about Major Roger Leslie Leatherman, who was found atop his wife during Friday’s tornado.
Last weekend’s tornado outbreak that led to massive damage and at least 17 deaths in Laurel County alone, have led the Laurel County Public Schools to
A family in London is recovering after losing their home of nearly five decades on Airview Drive after Friday's tornado. "When it hit it really surprised me," Daniel Henderson said. Henderson and his wife were in their basement when the tornado hit, saying they walked out of the basement around 1:15 Saturday morning.
On Friday night, Scalf's sister Michelle and her husband Les Leatherman were in their home when an EF-3 tornado came for their Sunshine Hills neighborhood, tossing Les one way and Michele another. Amazingly Michele is alive, now in a hospital fighting for her life.
The family's home was picked up and thrown across the street when a tornado ripped through the area, destroying everything they own.
Officials in Laurel County have issued a nightly curfew for the City of London and other areas of Laurel County.
Twenty-eight people are dead, more than a dozen are injured, and even more are left without a home after storms tore through three states on Friday. Seventeen of those deaths were in Laurel County, Kentucky where volunteers and home owners are now going through the rubble to see if they can save anything.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced mandatory evacuations in Laurel County due to a severe weather threat that could bring flying debris.