Leatherman was among 19 people killed in Kentucky when the storm struck late Friday into early Saturday, as people in the path awoke to a terrifying scene. Most victims were from Laurel County in southeastern Kentucky, where Leatherman was a longtime member of a volunteer fire department.

Wattenbarger said he likely saved her life by shielding her with his own. He explained that Leatherman was a true lea

One of the biggest concerns that we have is that you’re in this debris in high winds and it becomes a projectile, and it injures or kills somebody.”

Residents of two neighborhoods hit especially hard in London are required to evacuate by 6 p.m. Tuesday, Beshear said. The Sunshine Hills subdivision is one neighborhood under the mandatory evacuation order.