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Secretary mayorkas and we toured it. there are still crews going 24/7 trying to recover. there are people unaccounted for that were accounted for. they wanted to go home and check on their families and they go to homes that are no longer standing. it took 24 hours to locate all the people, but there are still a few unaccounted for there. >> reporter: is it still a search and rescue operation or is it a search and recovery? >> it is still a search and rescue. there is hope there may be one or two...

More than 80 people, including children, they fear dead, most right here in kentucky. the governor says more than 1,000 homes are destroyed and dozens of people are still missing. some of the worst damage is here in mayfield. the destruction stretches for blocks, further than the eye can see. i want to bring in the congressman who represents this part of kentucky, james comer. thank you for joining us again. im sure youve been getting the very latest updates. first off, what can you tell us abou...

Manufacturing facility. the steel structure, you would have thought it would be one of the safest places, but you can see there was nothing safe about this storm. >> nine people known to die when a tornado hit an amazon warehouse. among them, navy veteran cleveland kope. >> were reaching out to the families of those we lost. >> reporter: now client experts warning extreme weather is becoming our new normal. >> the effects were seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation. im pam...

Thats the best challenge that any of us can ask for. >> and that is so true. ive seen it firsthand here in mayfield, people just want to help. this is such a resilient, tight-knit community. i want to turn to ef anvansvill illinois, about 200 miles from here. debris was removed from an amazon warehouse. the walls of 11-inch-thick concrete crumbled and collapsed. our crew is on the air with those latest developments. lets begin in bowling green, kentucky reeling from widespread construction. rick...

Life inside, making sure nobody was left behind and going door to door, really, to clear out whats left of these homes. there is so much that this community needs here. its been just over 24 hours since a series of tornadoes made their way through here in this state, and weve been speaking so much about what happened in mayfield. we cant overlook what happened here in bowling green in this subdivision where were at. its really one of the hardest hit in the city. were hearing these traumatizing s...

Warnings, but this thing is so powerful that i dont think there is any blame. we are just people together trying to move forward. >> reporter: and we keep hearing these incredible stories of survival here in mayfield. i spoke to charles sherilla a short time ago. he rode out the storm by sheltering in his bathtub. so this is your house. where is the bathtub? thats where you were right in there? look at this. you were right in there. >> laying down right there. >> reporter: look, right in there. ...

>> the only problem i really had, when the tornado hit, the water line busted and i was close to drowning. the water line filled the tub and i almost drowned. i had my cousin get me out. i went over to his house. >> as you see, charles lost his home and among his belongings, he also cant find his medicine that he desperately needs. for residents in mayfield who dont have those important things like medicine, there is a mobile pharmacy im told will be en route here to help those residents. we kno...

Track down is okay. theyre just shell-shocked, and i think theyre all trying to figure out what comes next for a town like dawson or mayfield, kentucky are barely holding on. >> reporter: after a pandemic, nonetheless. >> yeah, and the only big building theyve been trying to put industry in for years, its been totally destroyed. you just start to think about the future and what does a little town like this do when you know its going to take years to rebuild even a portion of this. >> reporter: t...