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Kentucky Tornado Death Toll Rises to 77, Infant Latest Fatality

By Isabel van Brugen

An infant has been confirmed as the latest fatality in the aftermath of devastating tornadoes that struck Kentucky earlier this month, bringing the state’s official death toll to 77, Gov. Andy Beshear said on Monday.

Beshear told reporters that the infant, from hard-hit Graves County in the western part of the state, died last week. Dozens of children were killed in the storms that raked a five-state region, including one twister that plowed a 227-mile path of destruction through western Kentucky.

“This is one that rips at the very fabric of who we are,” Beshear said during a news briefing, joined by Kentucky first lady Britainy Beshear. “Britainy and I ask everyone to join us in lifting up this family and their friends and the community in prayer.”…

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