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-- Rescue and recovery efforts are underway after dozens of tornadoes swept through parts of the U.S. Midwest and South late Friday and early Saturday, killing at least dozens, while the number of deaths in Kentucky alone could exceed 100.
-- Eighteen counties in Kentucky have reported damage from an extremely devastating tornado, which carved out a long path of about 227 miles (roughly 365 kilometers) of terrain.
-- Tornadoes also ripped through Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi, and brought about deadly and tragic destruction in several of the states.
-- The powerful tornadoes churning through the U.S. states were unusual coming in December, when colder weather normally limits the storms.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Rescue and recovery efforts are underway after dozens of tornadoes swept through parts of the U.S. Midwest and South late Friday and early Saturday, causing severe casualties and damage.
"There is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage" in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear told reporters on Sunday, as several other states have also reported storm-related damage and deaths.
The tornado outbreak of that magnitude was unusual during this time of the year and the road to recover could be long in some affected regions, experts and officials have said.

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A damaged house is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, the United States, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Photo by Angie Yu/Xinhua)
DEADLY TORNADOES
Eighteen counties in Kentucky have reported damage from an extremely devastating tornado, which carved out a long path of about 227 miles (roughly 365 kilometers) of terrain -- almost all of that in the "Bluegrass State," said Beshear.
The National Weather Service on Sunday classified the tornado as an EF-3 and estimated its maximum width to be about three-quarters of a mile (roughly 1.2 kilometers) wide.
Beshear, after previously estimating that the state's death toll could exceed 100, said on Sunday afternoon that it might be as low as 50. "We are praying that maybe original estimates of those we have lost were wrong," he reportedly said. "If so, it's going to be pretty wonderful."
The comments came after a spokesperson for a candle factory in the western Kentucky town of Mayfield, which had been flattened by the violent twister, said that eight of the 110 workers on the overnight shift Friday had been confirmed dead and another eight are still missing, while 94 others have been accounted for.
The tornado also uprooted trees, downed power lines, and damaged or destroyed houses and vehicles in Mayfield, where thousands of people have been left homeless.
Bulldozers began removing debris in some neighborhoods on Sunday. Residents of Wickliffe, a county neighboring Mayfield which narrowly escaped storm's impact, told Xinhua that they had been encouraged to help shelter the displaced.
Rescue efforts are being conducted by local response teams, Kentucky emergency officials said. The state has also deployed the National Guard to conduct searches and take generators to help power shelters and hospitals.
"We want to focus today and the next day on life-saving. We really want to make sure that we find anybody who still might be trapped in the rubble," Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said on Sunday.

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Debris is seen in Mayfield, Kentucky, the United States, on Dec. 12, 2021. (Photo by Angie Yu/Xinhua)
TRAGIC SITUATION
【dozensLong recovery after "unusual" tornado outbreak strikes U.S. states】Tornadoes also ripped through Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi, and brought about deadly and tragic destruction in several of the states.

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