On May 17, more than 69,000 people were left without power, according to Beshear. Immediately after the storm, however, that ...

At least 27 people have been killed by storm systems that swept across part of the US Midwest and South, with Kentucky Gov.

Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.