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About in the fields and the farms. that gives you a sense of the scene here on the ground in mayfield. and its not just mayfield. we just spoke with scott jennings from dawson springs. theres 100 people unaccounted for. 1,000 homes and structures in the state just destroyed. this all started friday night with these storms touching down first in arkansas. they hit a nursing home there. one person died there. the swarm of twisters then tore a path across 200 miles in kentucky. one tornado slams in...

That got hit, so when the tornado went through, it hit what we call the bypass here. a took out a lot of the local shops. so theres a butcher in town that i got two an ace completely gone. i mean, it went through and wiped out the center of the town. it took a lot of things from us, but theres nothing else you can do but go help, work with each other to try to get through. it >> certainly and you have done that. we know that this drone footage is about a half mile from your house, again, which t...

Helped. >> jessie fitz, were grateful that you shared your story with us. and were glad that youre okay. thank you so much for the time, sir. >> thank you. >> of course. we want to get to cnns nick valencia now. hes in bowling green where a tornado hit that city especially hard. nick, show us what its like. share with us what youre seeing. >> reporter: hey there, boris. it is striking to see these images especially with the sun shining down here. its a gorgeous day, much different than what this...

Wiped out. the candle factory in mayfield, you know, 110 people working in it when it hit, and we have been able to rescue 40. but its been about 27 hours since we have rescued a live person. >> our coverage is going to continue with ali velshi in mayfield, kentucky, at well as about a half hour away from there, ellison barber. with a welcome to you both. ali, you first with regard to the latest on the ground with recovery efforts and also just how people are grappling with this. when i look at ...

Disaster declaration for kentucky and directing federal resources to help the hardest-hit state. the fema director and dhs secretary will assess the damage on the ground. theyll be joining governor beshear for an update in just a couple of hours this afternoon. this comes as recovery efforts are underway across kentucky where more than a hundred people are believed to be dead. crews are digging through the rubble of a collapsed candle factory where dozens of people remain unaccounted for. >> t...

>> they were. >> reporter: im no sorry. >> yeah. i was ducked down in that hallway through that doorway right there. >> reporter: about what time? >> 9:30 when it hit. i was in the dining room doing something. the lights went out, and i heard it coming. and i jumped in the hallway, ducked down. my ears started popping, and then it hit. the walls on the other side are all blown out. and i stayed there at night, too. >> reporter: i must say ive done this for a very long time, and that man literall...

Calm for the kids and ride it out. >> so, you were in the basement, lori. i imagine you had some warning, how much lead time did you have? and when you did look outside of your home, what was the damage that you saw? >> well, like i said, we were at my daughters house. and my son-in-law called us and said you guys need to get over here. we there there proponent 30 minutes when it hit. when we went upstairs, it was amazing, probably a two feet piece of wood, two or three feet in diameter, it shea...

And it is one of the reasons that are this was owe devastating here in kentucky. i think we have one more -- a couple more. this shows you the different warnings. as it came through different areas that were hit. and hit hard. shows you just how severe this event was. and how widespread and how many different communities that it hit. and lets go -- this is the power outage map. as of 2:00 a.m., obviously, thats evolved. but 56,000 -- we gave the number before -- plus kentuckians without power. a...

It hit towards grace county, you know, _ it hit towards grace county, you know. it — it hit towards grace county, you know, it was a reality at that time. so the _ know, it was a reality at that time. so the only— know, it was a reality at that time. so the only thing i can say to you all at _ so the only thing i can say to you all at this— so the only thing i can say to you all at this time, what we need from everyone _ all at this time, what we need from everyone is— all at this time, ...

Tear up everything, destroy lives and kill people and property in just a millisecond, almost. it was over and done with before you even knew it. >> eddie, you mentioned while youre fortunate enough that tornado did not come directly at your home as you thought instinctively it might, but did you say it was a friend or neighbor whose home was damaged by what you believe to be that tornado? >> the whole community of bremen, between me and bremen, kentucky, it hit about a half, three-quarters of a ...