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Beshear: May tornado claims 20th victim from McCracken County

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Gov. Andy Beshear made a sad announcement on Thursday about another casualty of a devastating tornado that touched down from May 16 to 17 in southeast Kentucky.

Beshear posted on Facebook around 4:15 p.m. on Thursday to announce that the latest death was a man from McCracken County.

“Please join Britainy and me in praying for his family and all those affected,” he wrote.

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The tornado also took the lives of 17 Laurel County residents, 69-year-old Melodie Godby from Pulaski County, and 93-year-old Debra K. Edelman of Richmond, Indiana, who lived in Russell County.

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The tornado, which was nearly a mile wide at its peak, was one of the largest and strongest tornadoes to hit the state in over 50 years.

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