One person was killed and several others were injured when a likely tornado surprised a rural area of Kentucky early the morning of May 30, as storms shifted their sights on the South and Mid-Atlantic region after turning deadly in Texas earlier in the week.
Officials in Washington County, about 70 miles from Louisville, said they started receiving calls about damaged homes and missing people at about 7 a.m. on May 30. Seven people were injured and one was killed, Judge Executive Timothy Graves told reporters. Two homes were destroyed.
"It was a small area that was hit but it was devastating," Graves said.
The person who died in Texas was swept away in floodwaters on May 28 after a "brief but very powerful storm" that caused downed trees, damage from hail and winds, power outages and flash flooding, Austin City Manager TC Broadnax said at a news conference. The storm dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain within half an hour, officials said.
On May 29, a reported tornado that tore through Georgia damaged or destroyed homes in Henry County, Georgia, including that of "The Wire" actor Tray Chaney, who said he and his son were injured.
