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The amazon founder, jeff bezos, pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. jonathon gregg is the senior multimedia journalist for spectrum news. hes been on the ground in mayfield for the last two days, interviewing survivors and volunteers. hejoins us live. we just l...

Beshear. he is holding his news conference. >> -- tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. our state was hit by at least four tornadoes. one stayed on the ground in kentucky for at least 200 miles, devastating anything in its path. thousands of homes are damaged, if not entirely destroyed, and it may be weeks before we have final counts on both deaths and levels of destruction. we lost lives in at least eight counties and at least 18 counties suffered damage. as soft this morning, our b...

After this break. first steven romo is here with the headlines. >> mehdi, thanks. much of the central and southern u.s. still reeling tonight after a chain of tornadoes ripped through that area. dozens of people have already been confirmed dead. the death toll only expected to rise in coming days. arkansas, illinois, kentucky, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee all pummeled by the severe weather. but kentucky appears to have faced the brunt of the storms. kentuckys governor andy brashear decla...

At least 34 reported tornadoes tearing through at least 8 states. several dead here in kentucky. late today, the governor describing the historic nature of this disaster. >> this is kentuckys most devastating tornado event in our history. weve lost far too many of our brothers and sisters. the damage is devastating. entire blocks, more than one block with nothing standing. to the people of america, there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here. >> here in mayfield, kentuc...

Known to have been killed, with more than a hundred others still missing. president biden has called it, "one of the largest" storms in american history, and has declared a majorfederal disaster in kentucky. lebo diseko has this report. picking up the pieces of their lives. homes, businesses and whole towns reduced to rubble. its horrible, its the definition of hell on earth. i cant... people have lost everything and its just, its terrible, its horrible. this is what was left of one home. its ow...

Toll could rise. presidentjoe biden has called it one of the largest storms in american history, and has declared a majorfederal disaster in kentucky, the state thats been worst affected. lebo diseko has this report. picking up the pieces of their lives. homes, businesses and whole towns reduced to rubble. its horrible, its the definition of hell on earth. i cant... people have lost everything and its just, its terrible, its horrible. this is what was left of one home. its owner says it tookjust...

Authorities are just now assessing the damage. 70 miles northeast of mayfield, in dawson springs, kentucky, total destruction in this part of town. homes destroyed. in marshall county, kentucky, along kentucky lake, home after home reduced to piles of wood. trees sheared off, cars thrown everywhere. the entire neighborhood gone. these men standing on a home, the top sliced off. tonight, kentuckys governor describing it this way. >> the worst tornado event in the history of our commonwealth. our ...

Could very well be the worst tornado event in your states history. >> it is the worst tornado event. 200 miles just in kentucky, of pure devastation. this town is gone. dawson springs, where my dad is from, just up the road, half of it is gone. more lives lost, more people displaced. its devastating. >> what does this state need tonight from this country, and from the federal government? >> we need prayers. were still hoping for miracles. every person we find or locate, were just getting cell se...

At least six people there killed during a shift change. a nursing home ripped apart in arkansas. families describing terrifying moments, hunkered down in their basements. on the ground here, we see it firsthand. neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed. the grandmother huddled over her grandchildren, one just 14 months old, saving them. one of the only things still standing -- her christmas tree. late today, kentucky governor andy beshear calling it the deadliest tornado event in state history....

Central u.s. late friday night. at least 48 people have been killed by the storms and the death toll is expected to rise in the coming days as crews sift through the rubble. kentucky was particularly hard hit. governor andy brashear declared a state of emergency early saturday morning describing the disaster as the deadliest tornado event in the commonwealth history. on sunday he told the press he is concerned most of the morgues in the area arent big enough to handle the grim situation on the...