Western Kentucky Tornadoes

A little less than three years after a destructive, historic tornado outbreak tore through downtown Mayfield, the small western Kentucky community is still making strides towards recovery.

Gov. Andy Beshear detailed what he called the largest housing announcement in the history of the Commonwealth on Monday, which he said will go toward building nearly 1,000 rental housing units.

A Barnsley man’s life has been uprooted for a second time by a tornado in Kentucky. A twister flattened his home on the same site over the Memorial Day weekend.

A newly released oral history project documents memories of the December 10, 2021 EF-4 tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, from the perspectives of survivors – and shares their stories of recovering from the historic disaster.

A special examination of the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund by the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts’ office found that nearly $240,000 in inappropriate payments were made from the account in Fiscal Year 2023.

Kentucky’s Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts announced Thursday it will conduct a “special examination” of the Public Protection Cabinet’s oversight of the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief and Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Funds.

Republican lawmakers questioned the efficacy of the state’s relief funds for victims of the 2021 tornado outbreak in western Kentucky and 2022 flooding in eastern Kentucky during a legislative meeting on Wednesday.

On Dec. 10, 2021, a series of more than 20 tornadoes swept through western and central Kentucky, taking than 80 lives and damaging hundreds of homes.

OSHA documents indicate Mayfield Consumer Products violated standards impacting the events at the candle factory the night of the December tornado outbreak.

Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Behsear distributed toys to children who were impacted by the tornado outbreak in western Ky.