the heads of homeland security and fema are in the region today bringing with them the much-needed federal resources. mayfield, kentucky is seeing many so of the worst of the damage. a few buildings left standing in the town of roughly 10,000. rescuers sifting through a collapsed candle factory where more than 100 people were working and then that tornado came through an so far only 40 people have been rescued from that wreckage. and new video shows what s left of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. at least six people died when the building collapsed during a violent tornado there. many more are feared dead in dawson springs, kentucky, a town of just 2,700 people. the governor saying this morning devastation is something his state has never seen before. it s going to take us time. i mean, you think you go door to door to check on people to see
searching for any survivors. the governor of kentucky says that more than 70 people may have died in that state alone. one of the most devastated sites, you re looking at it now, a candle factory, in mayfield where more than 100 people were working. were told so far 40 have been rescued. in illinois, six people died in the collapse of an amazon warehouse. it s right behind me. emergency officials in tennessee are now reporting four deaths there. aerial footage showing a house with a roof ripped right off, trees nearby uprooted. this massive storm system spawning as many as 30 tornados that ripped across six states. we want to bring in kathy owenan, now, the mayor of mayfield, kentucky, where the candle factory collapsed. mayor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. i understand you re someone that has very deep ties to mayfield?
that s very challenge flrigh now. we ve worked with our client trying to get them into hotels. part of our challenge there s a significant part of our region that has no power and cell service is spotty. i don t know the counts, but many counties without power, so obviously if you re looking for temporary accommodations you have to get outside of our area. we spent a significant amount of time helping connect our clients with temporary places one or two nights until we can get something more permanent. we saw a close-up image of the graves county, courthouse, my thoughts, today is sunday, tomorrow is monday, which means for most of us it s a regular workday, but for the people in mayfield and graves county and these states that were hard hit, they re not going to be able to go back to work. unfortunately or school. yeah. or school. work. home for many people. lives have been severely impacted for many, many months
office is in downtown mayfield. is it still standing? it s barely standing, i would say. it s not going to be usable. unfortunately we did lose our mayfield office, but that s minor in comparison to what many of our clients are now suffering. look, it s been, you know, just a day since this deadly storm came through. are you already hearing from people regarding insurance claims and what kind of damage that their homes and businesses have sustained? yes, ma am. we ve had a team on the ground in mayfield in marshal county, which is impacted, as well as up in princeton, and we ve probably reported over 70 claims for businesses and families in the area and that was just yesterday as people were digging out and understanding just the true impact. we ll be open again this morning and all day today to accept more claims. give us a sense of these
it really goes to what we ve centerpiece this part of the sun try, you see it s isolated there and the emotioned feeling here. paolo sandoval. ed lavandera is in dawson springs, kentucky, a town devastated by the tornadoes. we ve heard the governor talk about his family ties in dawson springs and is pulling up where i am now in mayfield. he ll be hold a press conference. well, this is another day of search-and-rescue operations across das ron landscape that crews are having to navigate here. the force of this storm, pamela, is simply breathtaking. you walk up the front steps of a porch. you expect to see a home here