when you go further north to edwardsville, illinois where boris sanchez is, an amazon warehouse partially hit by the tornado. you can see where it was hit. that part of the building completely collapsed. six people were killed as a result. that candle factory in mayfield, kentucky, now in complete ruins. emergency crews rescued a number of employees trapped under that debris there on the the right. but we are told dozens were killed when that building came down. those recovery efforts are ongoing. it s not clear yet exactly how many people have been injured by the tornados. dr. brad houseman is vice president and chief medical officer of baptist health paducah. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. first of all, i just want to start with those images in mayfield of the candle factory, and it really is astounding to look at those images and to
from illinois, people have come from other states to come just to help out because it will be all hands on deck in this town of mayfield for quite some time. boris? definitely hour cue leen effort. appreciate that report, nadya r romero, thank you. we want to show you before and after images that reveal the true scale of destruction from friday night s deadly tornadoes. take a look on the left, you can see drone footage of the county courthouse in mayfield, kentucky, where nadya is before the storm. on the right, the same area completely destroyed. in monette, arkansas, you can see what used to be a nursing home, it s no longer recognizable. the entire area, the building has been wiped out. then further north in edwardsville, illinois, where boris sanchez is, an amazon warehouse was partially hit by the tornado, at least two people were killed when the building completely collapsed. we re talking about 11-inch
tornado, and he hasn t heard from her since. he s being optimistic, holding on to a little bit of hope she may just be simply unresponsive at an area hospital and that s why she hasn t reached out. that speaks to the dire situation across kentucky and specifically here in mayfield, the governor is calling ground zero. take a look behind me, you can see absolute destruction and every corner looks just like this one. to the left you will see this area where some cars are in front, some pickup trucks that used to be an auto shop there on the corner. on this side there was latino supermarket. next to me was a vibrant antique mall. this was thriving intersection here on eighth and broadway, and now, i mean what will it take to put this back together? when you talk to people, they tell you about the loss of life, but then also the loss of history, the loss of the story of this town that was told in these bhgsuildings that have be
if they are okay. there are no doors. the question is somebody in the rubble of thousands upon thousand of structures? i mean, it is devastating. cnn s pamela brown is anchoring our coverage on the ground there in mayfield, kentucky. pamela, what is the situation like today? it s hard to convey, fredericka, just how wide spred the destruction is. as the governor said earlier today there is no lens wide enough to show just the magnitude of the destruction here in mayfield, kentucky. the entire town is wiped out. we ve seen people just driving their cars through the main street here just in shock and awe looking at the devastation, but i will say this is a community that has a lot of spirit, a lot of pride. it s a special community, and as you can see or hear behind me, there are already cranes, cruise hard at work clearing up the debris, moving the debris trying to rebuild after this
devastating historic tornado came through the town of mayfield, but it certainly is going to be a long road for recovery, but the people here are not deterred. they are determined to move forward. this as search and rescue teams continue to try to find survivors. we have a team of reporters covering the devastation across the region. let s go to cnn s brynn gingras also here in mayfield. what are you hearing from people here? yeah, pam. we spent the entire morning and afternoon talking to people and i think you said a good work there, shock. people tell us it s like the hours are going by but nothing has changeled. they are in disbelief what their community looks like here. here s a perfect example. imagine these cement blocks being taken out by a storm. how heavy they are, fill with cement blocks. we ve seeing this all across