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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The death toll from a series of weekend tornadoes in Kentucky stood at 50 by late Sunday but remained unclear in some parts of the state. By nightfall, new reports showed the number of dead and missing at a destroyed Mayfield candle factory was much lower than initially feared.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The death toll from a series of weekend tornadoes in Kentucky stood at 50 by late Sunday but remained unclear in some parts of the state. By nightfall, new reports showed the number of dead and missing at a destroyed Mayfield candle factory was much lower than initially feared.

Search efforts at an Amazon facility in Illinois where at least six people died in a tornado were expected to take several days, but authorities said they did not expect to find additional survivors.

"Requiring workers to work through such a major tornado warning event as this was inexcusable."

Amazon didn't build a basement shelter for its facility in Edwardsville, a region notorious for tornadoes.

Authorities said they didnt have a full count of employees because it was during a shift change.

Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility

Six Amazon workers were confirmed dead on Saturday after a tornado hit an Edwardsville,...

CHICAGO — One of the six Amazon workers who were killed in a tornado Friday night in Illinois was a truck driver. Austin J. McEwen, 26, of Edwardsville,

Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility