Woman dies as tornado hits Kentucky home; first tornado fatality of 2018

Tornado (stock photo)

Credit: Willoughby Owen / Moment / Getty Images

Credit: Willoughby Owen / Moment / Getty Images

Tornado (stock photo)

A woman was killed and her husband injured Saturday afternoon when a possible tornado struck their home on Dot Road in southern Logan County, WHOP AM/FM radio in Hopkinsville, Ky., reported.

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The tornado entered Logan County around 3:45 p.m. from Robertson County, Tennessee.

The woman’s name was not released. Her death marks the first of 2018 during a tornado.

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