By Liam Niemeyer and Jamie Lucke

Kentucky Lantern

The death toll from recent severe weather in Kentucky has reached 19, Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday.

Saying “we’ve got more tough news, Kentucky,” Beshear in a social media post confirmed the death of a woman in Russell County. Already confirmed were the deaths of 17 people in Laurel County and one in Pulaski County, ranging in age from 25 to 76. On Saturday Beshear said the death toll could rise.

Tornadoes, wind and hail tore across Kentucky Friday evening into Saturday morning, leaving widespread destruction.

“It was a devastatingly strong tornado that tore through a subdivision in the middle of the night, and that’s the worst kind of natural disaster,” Beshear said Saturday afternoon during a media briefing in Laurel County where

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