A violent storm system that included at least one unconfirmed tornado ripped across Kentucky, destroying homes, businesses and at least one church. 18 are confirmed dead as of Saturday afternoon.

The National Weather Service has released that the deadly tornado that impacted parts of Pulaski and Laurel counties over the weekend in Kentucky was an EF-4 tornado and was nearly a mile wide.

We are hearing 911 calls during Friday's severe weather in Kentucky. Dispatchers answered more than 600 calls during the storms and tornadoes. A deadly tornado tore through communities in Laurel County, leveling homes in its path. That tornado, which was confirmed to be an EF-4, claimed 19 lives. Seventeen of those deaths were in Laurel County.

From Friday at 11:30 p.m. to Saturday at 9 a.m., the London-Laurel 911 center received over 600 calls for help as a tornado barreled through the area.

The family's home was picked up and thrown across the street when a tornado ripped through the area, destroying everything they own.

A Kentucky woman who lost both of her parents when a powerful EF-4 tornado swept through the community of London said her heart is broken and there are no words to describe how she’s feeling since the disaster struck nearly a week ago.

During a trip to tornado-ravaged Laurel County on Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear said he has consulted with local leaders in London and they all agree the

"We're gonna keep coming back over, and over, and over to show everybody that we're going to rebuild every structure and every life," Gov. Andy Beshear said.

When the skies darkened over Laurel County on May 16, the Wilson family didn’t run home. They ran cold. Literally. With a deadly tornado bearing down, Charlotte Wilson and her partner, Dustin, gathered with their family and about two dozen others in the Shell store’s walk-in cooler.