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Teamwkyrelieffund.ky.gov. kentucky state senator, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. this deadly storm system left a trail of destruction which will take months to recover from. but the danger still remains for other states as the powerful storm continues to make its way eastward. i want to check in with chad myers. he's in the weather center tracking these storms. chad, i think we've all been blown away by the path over the course of the last night especially. what should we be paying attention to here? >> the potential for wind damage. places like charlotte, warner robbins seeing ...

The sun comes up. it was just a path right through the middle of town, as far as you could see. complete destruction. >> have you seen one of the things that's been shocking for everybody, the length in terms of the track of the tornado. the governor was saying 227 miles, 220 of which were in kentucky. have you been able to get a sense of the track and just the length of the destruction here? >> i'm not sure they're done with that because it was on the ground for quite some time in arkansas as well. so i'm not sure they're done with that survey. but anytime you're talking dozens of miles, it's...

Tornado outbreak wrecked towns across six states and likely killed more than 70 people. kentucky governor andy beshear is calling it one of the darkest days in his state's history. president biden has approved an emergency declaration and says he plans to go to the hard-hit areas. >> this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help. >> for many in the storm's path, life changed overnight. especially in mayfield, kentucky. houses, offices, places of worship, all once stood here where you're...

Westerfield who's also a certified drone operator. thanks for joining us. i've been watching these pictures you shot all day. every moment seems like a gut punch to some degree. when you first put your drone up, what were you expecting to see in terms of the damage here? >> nothing as substantial as what i ended up seeing. just the damage all over mayfield and greater graves county was breathtaking and continues to stun. even as i look down hours later. i didn't appreciate just how much damage there was until the drone got in the air and you can see. in fact, when you get up high enough, you c...

Silhouette of the path where the national weather service says a long path tornado may have traveled hundreds of miles from arkansas through central kentucky. so much destruction along the path, but let's begin in mayfield, kentucky where nadia has for hours. what are officials facing at this moment? >> reporter: yeah, the weather conditions is really a number one for first responders. remember, phil, people have been out here for hours going through the rubble, trying to find survivors and having to move a lot of the debris out of the way. it rained and poured last night during the storm is t...