CA Gov. Newsom administration to send search and rescue aid to Kentucky after deadly tornadoes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved the deployment of Urban Search and Rescue personnel to Kentucky on Saturday after several deadly tornadoes hit parts of the midwestern and southern United States.
In Kentucky alone, at least 70 people were believed to have been killed as part of the storms that swept across at least six states in the region starting late Friday night.
“I’m pretty sure that number (dead) is north of 70 ... it may, in fact exceed 100 before the day is done,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on Saturday, CNN reported. “The level of devastation is unlike anything I have ever seen.”
In a news release, the California Office of Emergency Services said personnel from two of the eight California-based Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces were approved to be sent to Kentucky at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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