President Joe Biden is planning to travel to Kentucky Wednesday to assess storm damage in Ft. Campbell, Mayfield, and Dawson Springs. The trip comes in the wake of devastating tornadoes that ripped through the South and parts of the Midwest Friday leaving fatalities across five different U.S. states. At least 64 people were killed in Kentucky alone, and there were at least another 14 deaths in Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri. The storm hit a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, with more than 100 employees still inside the building at the time the tornado struck. Across the state, more than 26,000 homes and businesses were without electricity, according to poweroutage.us. More than 10,000 homes and businesses have no water, and another 17,000 are under boil-water advisories, Kentucky Emergency Management Director Michael Dossett told reporters. “But I want to emphasize what I told all the governors: The federal government will do everything—everything it can possibly …
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