LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - 20 crosses with 20 names stand on the road in Laurel County, to honor the lives lost during the ...

A 2024 study on the National Land Cover Database (which is based on Landsat observations) has found that tornado damage to forests in the southeastern U.S. is on the rise, despite a slight decrease in ...

Laurel County Judge Executive David Westerfield says as of last Friday, crews have taken out around 15,000 tons of debris to ...

LONDON − In the aftermath of the EF-4 tornado that tore through London and Laurel County on May 16, Father Jim Sichko, a ...

Kim Fuller with FEMA says they’ve already distributed around $1.8 million to individual homeowners affected by the tornado.

Bobby and Bernice Tillman had been living in their new home for a little more than a year when it was hit by the EF-4 tornado that struck Laurel County May 16. Both were confirmed dead Saturday ...

On May 16, a super-cell storm produced a killer EF-4 tornado packing maximum 170 mph winds that roared across southern ...

Kentucky's recent tornadic activity has shaken long-standing ideas about the state's risk of death and destruction.

It was the deadliest tornado to ever impact the forecasting area for the National Weather Service office in Jackson, ...

Laurel County Fire Department Maj. Roger Lesie Leatherman, 57, seen in this undated photo, has been identified as one of the victim’s of severe storms and possible tornado in Southeastern Kentucky.

A National Weather Service official said it was the deadliest tornado to ever come through the Jackson office's warning area.

At least 19 people are dead and several others are injured after a reported tornado tore through Laurel County, KY, late Friday evening, according to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Beshear also ...