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Today’s Top Stories from NBC News MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2021 Good morning, NBC News readers.
Kentucky is struggling to count the dead after devastating tornadoes ripped through the state and its neighbors over the weekend, leveling entire towns.
Here's the latest on that and everything else we're watching this Monday morning. 
Rescue workers continued to search for survivors Monday after deadly tornadoes ripped through Kentucky and neighboring states over the weekend, decimating entire towns and leaving dozens dead.
The series of unseasonal storms ripped through several states across the Midwest and South overnight on Friday, leveling a candle factory and entire communities in Kentucky while also hitting a nursing home in Arkansas and an Amazon distribution center in Illinois.
The latest death toll from the devastating tornadoes stood at nearly 50 early Monday, according to an NBC News tally.
Officials were struggling to count the dead due to the "level of devastation" in the area, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said late Sunday at an evening news conference.
“I’m really sorry,” Beshear said to those still searching for answers. “You’re not supposed to lose people like this, and to not know and not have the information has got to make it that much harder.”
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