"A severe, significant tornado" caused devastating destruction in Laurel and Pulaski counties in southeastern Kentucky.

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South and left more than two dozen

At least seven people have died in Missouri and nine in Kentucky, authorities say, as severe weather including tornadoes, hail and storms sweeps through the central U.S.