Holly Lammert had worked on a paper-mouching sculpture in the backyard of his Saint-Louis house when the Tornado sirens resounded. Before she could bring her 10-year-old daughter to the basement, the winds started.
On Saturday morning, she interviewed the damage of her community in one of the many tornadoes that have been torn the country since Friday evening, killing at least 23 people. Pieces of the roof of his neighbor were in his courtyard. There were dozens of members of serrated trees and trunks in his community garden. And in a neighboring church, the bell tower had collapsed in lots of bricks and dusty stones.
“This poor district,” said Ms. Lammert. “I don’t know how we will come back.”
And it was only a fraction of the destruction left after the tornadoes torn the houses and killed people in at least three states: Missouri, Kentucky and Virginie. The officials warned that the number of deaths could increase when they evaluated the damage on Saturday and dozens of others were injured.
The spring tornado season was particularly brutal in this part of the country, coming only a few weeks after similar storms caused a deadly devastation in the region. On Friday, these tornadoes were caused by a major storm on the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic.
In Kentucky, at least 14 people were killed, Governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday morning. The governor is expected to visit the damage in Laurel county, about 90 miles south of Lexington, later on Saturday. The Sheriff’s department sent staff to the church of the confessional assembly in London, Kentucky, to help people trying to locate a loved one.
“All our resources are now focused on rescue efforts,” he said in an article on social networks. “Please pray for affected families.”
