LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs workers scrambled to corral horses driven from their collapsing barns when a tornado hit the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Officials must now decide when races can resume after several buildings including a chapel were damaged.
The National Weather Service confirmed today that a tornado it was tracking on radar did the damage Wednesday night.
Officials had no reports of injuries to humans or horses. Some minor injuries were reported elsewhere in Louisville, which was inundated by torrential rains that caused flash flooding.
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