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Kentucky was hit the hardest, with four tornadoes striking there. these drone images shows many properties in rural areas were completely levelled. two people are confirmed to have died in arkansas. one of those was killed when this nursing home was hit, with five others left injured. us occupational safety and health administration have opened an investigation into safety at this amazon facility, located in edwardsville, illinois, after six of its workers were confirmed to have died. survivors describe being alerted to the incoming storm 20 minutes ahead of it striking the facility, with some...

Through the state this weekend. >> the death toll is now 64, the governor made that announcement, officials do expect the number to rise. the severe weather killed more than a dozen people in arkansas, tennessee, missouri, illinois, where six people died in the partial collapse of the amazon facility. parts of kentucky are unrecognizable after what the governor believes is the longest tornado in u.s. history. it touched down for four hours. you could hear the crews already trying to clean up this area downtown in mayfield. president biden is going to tour some of the destruction on wednesday. ...

There is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in graves county or in kentucky. nothing that was standing in the direct line of this tornado is still standing. >> you can see they're trying to clear this road. heavy machinery out trying to pull some of the wreckage away. a real mixture of buildings, houses, trees, everything trying to get people from point a to point b. they need housing here, they need electricity, phones, running water. to do that they have to clear the streets first. >> bill: amazing sight there. steve harrigan with that story from mayfield. back to y...

Community. thank you. >> thank you so much. about three hours north to edwardsville, illinois, where a tornado ripped through an amazon facility bringing part of the roof crashing down and find nbc's morgan chesky. great to see you this morning. thank you for joining us. give us the latest on that building and the people that were inside. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely brutal past 48 hours for everyone impacted by the tornado that's an ef-3. the warehouse is still standing. the one ajace ent is not. causing the concrete walls about 40 feet high to fall in. and the roof as well. this is a sect...

Kentucky's had at least 64 deaths. this one already is the third deadliest tornado in kentucky's history. look at all the other months, may and march dates are on that list. we don't yet know how strong the one tornado was that went through mayfield. they've out doing the damage surveys. you can imagine they have to go along the entire 200 mile path and try to see what the peak was because that's what they'll rate it. the one that hit the amazon facility was rated at ef-3, 165 miles per hour winds. that's severe damage on our scale, almost into the extreme damage category. when you see the pic...