Biden to visit KY Wednesday to view damage from tornadoes

President Joe Biden volition question to occidental Kentucky connected Wednesday to presumption harm near by a bid of tornadoes precocious past week that person killed dozens of radical successful the authorities and surrounding areas and near thousands without homes.

The terrible storms, which blew done the portion connected Friday evening and Saturday morning, are confirmed to person killed astatine slightest 88 people. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says 74 of those fatalities occurred successful his state, with victims ranging from 2 months to 98 years old.

Officials fearfulness the decease toll volition proceed to emergence arsenic rescue and betterment efforts continue. Beshear said Tuesday that determination are "unquestionably" much than 100 radical inactive missing.

The storms leveled full communities and neighbors, with Beshear estimating that 1,000 homes successful Kentucky were destroyed. Hundreds of radical affected by the storms are presently seeking refuge successful impermanent lodging successful authorities parks.

During his sojourn Wednesday, Biden volition archetypal question to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, located successful the occidental portion of the authorities adjacent the Tennessee border. There, astatine astir 12:30 p.m. ET, Biden volition beryllium briefed connected betterment efforts by section officials.

After the briefing, Biden volition marque the 100-mile trek westbound to the municipality of Mayfield, which saw immoderate of the astir terrible effects of the storm.

Mayfield is location to a candle mill that collapsed aft being deed by a tornado, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 people. Some workers astatine that mill person alleged that absorption threatened to occurrence them if they near their posts to instrumentality shelter.

Biden volition past question astir 60 miles northeast to presumption harm successful the towns of Princeton and Dawson Springs. A state coroner has confirmed that at slightest 13 lives were mislaid successful Dawson Springs.

Biden volition present nationalist remarks successful Dawson Springs astatine astir 3:30 p.m. ET.