in tonight's "eye on america" we travel to the hardest hit state kentucky where the devastation was so widespread the cleanup alone could take another two months. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports on the long road to recovery. >> reporter: december's unprecedented spread of tornadoes card out destruction 260 miles long through arkansas, missouri and tennessee before bearing down on kentucky. >> and what you're seeing used to be brick buildings, historic landmark buildings. >> reporter: the road to recovery is long one for towns like mayfield. fema and the army corps of engineers invited us to see the many hurdles ahead. >> what we've got here is one of our self-loading trucks. >> reporter: george dominguez directs debris removal. how much are we talking about. >> 2 million cubic yards r of debris across the county. >> reporter: that's on scale for the cleanup after 9/11.