and he told me that he lived here with his elderly father and they had managed to get out in the dead of night, on the friday, when the tornadoes ripped through. they have now returned because of course, they want to try and get hold of some of their belongings. and important stuff like this medication here which they ve managed to find forjerry s father. there s also a safe full of precious items, there s money as well, there s all those kind of important mementos that mean a lot, that they re trying to find. but you can see, just the devastation in this neighbourhood, just how much things been destroyed. and people who knew that bad weather was coming, they had received so many alerts over the course of the last few weeks, but nothing prepared anyone for these tornadoes. they took them by surprise, due to the speed and the ferocity. that was nomia iqbal reporting. we can speak now to whitney westerfield, the state senator for kentucky.
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have months, now it is three months. we have still months, now it is three months. we have still got individuals who have been have still got individuals who have been waiting six months, five months. been waiting six months, five months, four months, they need to be vaccinated months, four months, they need to be vaccinated first. we have 12 year olds needing their second dose 12 year olds needing their second dose we 12 year olds needing their second dose. we have the flu vaccine as welt dose. we have the flu vaccine as welt if dose. we have the flu vaccine as welt if you dose. we have the flu vaccine as well. if you have been sick, you have well. if you have been sick, you have had well. if you have been sick, you have had covid or symptoms of covid, you need have had covid or symptoms of covid, you need to have had covid or symptoms of covid, you need to allow at least a month before you need to allow at least a month before you you need to allow at l
thinking, efforts time and time again. i keep thinking, how are we going to deliver thinking, how are we going to deliver the rest of medicine as well as a huge deliver the rest of medicine as well as a huge vaccination programme? we are brilliant as a huge vaccination programme? we are brilliant at delivering this. the problem is workforce. i have had more the problem is workforce. i have had more colleagues walked out, more colleagues suffering from burn out, morale colleagues suffering from burn out, morale is colleagues suffering from burn out, morale is low. and unfortunately, around morale is low. and unfortunately, around the morale is low. and unfortunately, around the summertime, the health secretary around the summertime, the health secretary said gps are not seeing patients secretary said gps are not seeing patients face to face. we are delivering patients face to face. we are delivering a vaccine programme, the flu vaccination programme and the covid-19
daughter who stood on what was left of his home. here we are two weeks from christmas, freezing cold outside, he doesn t have a bedroom, doesn t have what he needs, and there are a lot of families dealing with that. mayfield, as you have seen, has been decimated by it. you also have damage in dawson springs, also have damage in dawson springs, a smaller town closer to my area, here in western kentucky, there is nothing left of it. bowling green, one of the bigger cities in kentucky, a lot of damage and death there. we are facing a serious struggle. there. we are facing a serious stru: ule. ~ ., , there. we are facing a serious stru~le. . ., , ., there. we are facing a serious strunle . ., , ., ., , struggle. we are seeing drone images riaht now struggle. we are seeing drone images right now and struggle. we are seeing drone images right now and as struggle. we are seeing drone images right now and as you struggle. we are seeing drone images right now and as you describe - strugg