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  • Multiple people are reported dead in Kentucky after powerful storms ripped through the state last night.

  • Multiple people reported dead in Pulaski and Laurel counties in southern Kentucky,

  • as Stan Ingold reports from member station WEKU.

  • The towns of Somerset and London have been hit particularly hard,

  • with many homes and buildings damaged in the early morning hours.

  • Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Friday morning in advance of the severe weather.

  • Tens of thousands of power outages are reported throughout Kentucky.

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  • searching homes and buildings for survivors.

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  • I'm Stan Ingold in Richmond, Kentucky.

  • To St. Louis now, where searchers are also going door to door looking for survivors.

  • A potential tornado struck during afternoon rush hour yesterday.

  • At least seven people were killed in Missouri, as St. Louis Public Radio's Chad Davis reports.