Buildings were shredded after an EF1 tornado tore through Kentucky early Friday morning, the latest of dozens of tornadoes to strike the state so far in 2025.
A tornado destroyed several structures near Mackville, Kentucky, 50 miles southeast of Louisville, Friday morning. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Louisville, Kentucky, found damage consistent with an EF1 tornado.
The Washington County Sheriff’s office said on Facebook that one person died from the storm and 20 others were injured. A 3-year-old was initially missing after the storm but was quickly found, WDRB reported.
During a news conference Friday morning, Washington County Judge Executive Timothy Graves described the destruction as confined to a remote area but still devastating. A local hospital initially implemented its mass casualty protocol, Jeremy Cocanougher from Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in nearby Danville explained.
A cow rests on the empty slab of a structure destroyed by a likely tornado in Mackville, Kentucky on May 30, 2025. (Washington County Sheriff’s Office)…