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Dangerous tornadoes rip through six US states, kill more than 80 people

Largest storm in US history
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Largest storm in US history
Tornadoes ripped through six US states overnight, killing over 80 people and leaving scores more missing in "one of the largest" storm outbreaks in US history.
The President
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The President
In televised remarks, President Joe Biden remarked, "It's a tragedy." "And we still don't know how many people died or how much damage was done."
Factory workers
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Factory workers
More than 70 individuals are thought to have been killed in Kentucky alone, many of them candle factory workers, while at least six people are reported to have died in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois.
Loss of lives
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Loss of lives
This is the biggest, most catastrophic, and most fatal tornado in Kentucky's history as per state governor Andy Beshear said, adding that he fears 'we will have lost more than 100 people.'
Western Kentucky
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Western Kentucky
Officials classified Western Kentucky, a hamlet of 10,000 people, as "ground zero" and labelled it as "post-apocalyptic."
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