Downtown Mayfield, Ky., on Saturday after a tornado struck.
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At least 90 people were feared dead — most of them in Kentucky — after a series of tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Southeast, according to state and local officials.
At a news briefing Saturday, President Biden said he had approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky, “and I stand ready to do the same for the governors of the other states.”
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Timothy McDill and his tornado-damaged home in Mayfield, Ky.
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The damage in Bowling Green, Ky.
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A car rests on the rubble of a destroyed house in Dawson Springs, Ky.
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A dog is rescued from a tornado-damaged home in Mayfield, Ky. The rescuers are Derrick Starks, left, Chris Buchanan, center, and Niki Thompson.
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Destruction in Mayfield, Ky.
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Tamara Yekinni hugs a friend outside a shelter in Wingo, Ky., after residents were displaced by the tornado.
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Extensive damage in Mayfield, Ky.
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Kenny Sanford exits his mother-in-law’s apartment through a collapsed wall in Mayfield, Ky.
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Dena Ausdorn in the ruins of her home in Dawson Springs, Ky.
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A woman walks away from what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory as emergency workers comb through the rubble.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mayfield, Ky.
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Emergency workers dig through the rubble of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory.
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A destroyed factory in Mayfield, Ky.
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The search for survivors in Bowling Green, Ky.
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