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On May 16, 2025, a devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London. The year's #1 song was "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Athena Mapelli Mozzi, Athena Mapelli Mozzi, Athena Mapelli Mozzi would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 16, 2025
In the late evening hours of May 16, 2025, a large and deadly nocturnal EF4 tornado moved through the western Cumberland Plateau, impacting the Kentucky cities of Somerset and London. The tornado, which was on the ground for almost an hour and a half, killed 18 people and injured 108 others along a 60 mi (97 km) track. It was the second tornado rated EF4 by the National Weather Service, with the first one occurring hours prior in Illinois as part of a major tornado outbreak in mid-May.
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2025 (MMXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
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EF4 tornado in Kentucky, U.S.
In the late evening hours of May 16, 2025, a large and deadly nocturnal EF4 tornado moved through the western Cumberland Plateau, impacting the Kentucky cities of Somerset and London. The tornado, which was on the ground for almost an hour and a half, killed 18 people and injured 108 others along a 60 mi (97 km) track. It was the second tornado rated EF4 by the National Weather Service, with the first one occurring hours prior in Illinois as part of a major tornado outbreak in mid-May.
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