AP PHOTOS: Severe storms batter parts of the US Midwest and South

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Redeemer Lutheran Church is damaged, Sunday, May 18, 2025, along Highway 27 in Somerset, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Edwina Wilson’s destroyed home is seen on, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Redeemer Lutheran Church is damaged, Sunday, May 18, 2025, along Highway 27 in Somerset, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A destroyed home is seen from above, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A path of destroyed homes is seen, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Edwina Wilson stands in what is left of her destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Family friend Melvin Brock, right, finds a photo as he sifts through what is left of Wilson’s destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Edwina Wilson, left, and family friend Melvin Brock sift through what is left of Wilson’s destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A resident holds her grandson’s tory train as she looks for salvageable items of her daughter’s destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Edwina Wilson holds a photo she found in what is left of her destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A piano rests atop what is left of the destroyed Sunshine Hill Baptist Church, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Dennis Clark goes through the remains of his house that was destroyed by severe weather in London, Ky., Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Hailee Allen holds a family picture saved from Lynn and Don White’s home, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A home is destroyed after a severe storm passed the area on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Anthony Broughton digs through the debris of his destroyed home following a severe storm in the Sunshine Hill neighborhood of London, Ky., Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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A couple walk amid the debris of their destroyed home following a severe storm in the Sunshine Hill neighborhood of London, Ky., Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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A home is destroyed after a severe storm passed the area on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A home is destroyed after a severe storm passed the area on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Debris covers the ground after a severe storm passed the area on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A vehicle is covered in debris after a severe storm passed the area on Saturday, May 17, 2025,in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A person looks through the damage at a destroyed home, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Grier Allen carries Lynn White’s pet turtle in a plastic bin from what is left of White’s home, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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People survey damage after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A person walks past a large tree blocking a road after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Steven Lampink sits on a downed tree after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A man sits in a chair after a severe storm moved through St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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People survey damage after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Debris is seen after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Macey Coffey carries salvageable items from what isleft of Edwina Wilson’s destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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An American Flag is posted near destroyed homes, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Severe weather leaves 28 dead, including at least 19 in storm-battered Kentucky. Storms Friday afternoon tore roofs off buildings, ripped bricks off of siding and downed trees and power lines.

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