Highlights
- •In December 2021, eight US states suffered from fifty tornadoes that caused more than seventy deaths, 105 missing.
- •Children and adolescents are among the most vulnerable groups in environmental disasters.
- •There are already millions of children and adolescents among the “climate refugees
Abstract
Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes southern United States. National Weather Service
maps revealed one supercell, which may have been a single tornado or a cluster. One
of the most devastated sites is the southwestern Kentucky city of Mayfield. In Warren
County, where about 12 people were killed, including several children, the process
of identifying victims has been slowed because the people who could make those identifications
are themselves recovering from injuries sustained in the storm. There's a lot of people
injured and in hospitals. The death toll from the devastating tornado outbreak that
ripped across six states last weekend held steady at 88 on Tuesday, including at least
13 children. Two-month-old baby was confirmed dead.
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Published online: December 31, 2021
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