At least 90 people are confirmed dead after a series of tornadoes across the South and Midwest on Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11.
Most of the fatalities occurred in Kentucky, where a search for survivors continued days after the tornadoes struck. At least eight people were killed at Mayfield Consumer Products, a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky. At least six were killed while working at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. Other victims were in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Some of the names of the deceased have been released:
Marlin Acree, 34
Mary Alice Adams, 74
Ernie Akin, 86
Alisa Besic
Alma Besic
Elma Besic
Samantha Besic
Selmir Besic
Paula Blakemore, 55
Ollie Borgmann, 84
Mark Bradley, 51
Nariah Cayshelle Brown, 16
Nolynn Brown
Nyles Brown, 4
Rachel Brown, 36
Steven Brown, 35
Jenny Bruce, 65
Larry Burdon
Devyn Burton, 21
Rick Carlisle
Jamye Collins, 50
Clayton Lynn Cope, 29
Brian Crick, 43
Robert Daniel
Judith Davis, 83
Kevin D. Dickey, 62
Jha’lil Lee Dunbar, 3
Teresa Duncan
Jeff Eckert, 70
Jennifer Eckert, 69
Matt Ferguson, 50
Meagan Flener, 34
Scottie Flener, 34
Caneilia Neila Gaither, 78
Rita Gish, 74
Helen Greer, 72
John Hale, 54
Marsha Hall, 71
John Hardin, 36
Etheria S. Hebb, 34
Carl Hogan, 60
Jeffrey Hunter, 22
Janine Denise Johnson-Williams
Oaklynn Koon, an infant
Dennis Lavergne, 52
Glenna Lavergne, 53
Millie Lipford
Richard Lipford
Wade Lyhl, 57
David Mallory, 58
Sonya Kaye McChesney, 67
Austin J. McEwen, 26
Say Meh, 42
Billy Dale Miller, 73
Judith Faye Miller, 72
Claude Mitchell, 67
Jill Monroe, 52
Deandre S. Morrow, 28
Chase Oglesby, five months
Robert Oliver, 82
Annistyn Rackley, 9
Evenlyn Ratay, 98
Cory Scott, 27
Carolyn Siegler, 78
Cameron Smith, 8
Tyler Smith, 7
Victoria Smith, 64
Cheryl Snodgrass, 52
Rob Tittle
Rebekah Tittle, 14
Tori Tittle, 20
Diane Varney, 62
Larry E. Virden, 46
Lannis “Joe” Ward
Daniel Wassom, 31
Mae White, 77
Robert Williams, Jr., 65
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