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Officials in Kansas and Texas also were evaluating damage from late Sunday storms.The risk of severe storms moves into Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee on Tuesday, the weather service said.
The Kentucky storms that killed 19 people were part of a weather system that caused seven deaths in Missouri and two in northern Virginia, authorities said.Lonnie Nantz hid in a hallway with his wife, two daughters and a grandson as the one-story brick home they bought near London in 1977 was destroyed around them. They were trapped in rubble for about 20 minutes in the midnight darkness before they were rescued unharmed.“I don’t know why this happened. I’ve tried to live a good life all my life. I’ve still got the faith,” said the 77-year-old Nantz, who went to church as always on Sunday.
London city worker Ashley Taylor was back on the job Monday loading doughnuts to take to a hospital and dispatch center even though there was a tarp on her roof. She was lucky — the houses across her street were destroyed late Friday night.She survived the storm with nine other people and three dogs in the crawl space of a neighbor’s home.
“We prayed like never before — and just thankful for everything God did for us,” Taylor said.
In surrounding Laurel County, first responders mourned one of their own.More than 60 flights were canceled Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport, where there were also more than 300 delayed flights. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shut down three commuter ferries because of rough seas.
There were other cancellations and service disruptions in some coastal areas, including a shutdown of the Block Island Ferry because of adverse sea conditions.Coastal flood advisories and gale warnings were issued for many coastal areas of New England and New York on Thursday.
The storm was then expected to pass, leaving light rain and patchy drizzle, on Friday.“It’s just really a nice dose of rain for the region — not expecting much for flooding,” Pederson said.