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Those were homes, very few are left. we met one couple who was trying to go through what was their storage unit trying to save, find some baby blankets to take home. the man we spoke to, his wife, she grew up in this community. her family, her parents, they still live near here. listen to some of what they told us about this community and just about the destruction that they've seen. listen. >> we watched the news on the tornado coming and knew it had been on the ground for a hundred miles so we knew we needed to take cover. dad lives around the corner and has a basement. so we had 16 differen...

Out with broken bones. the nearby hospital that has treated people said that they treated nearly 100 people from around this area with traumatic injuries, caused by this storm. and the one thing you're left with, as you watch other people comb lthrough the rubble, right to find whatever belongings they can salvage is really a sense of people stunned and in disbelief of what they have endured here. ed lavendera, cnn, dawson spring's kentucky. >> the mayor of mayfield now says that her town looks like matchsticks and the human toll isn't yet known. cnn's brynn gingras is there. >> reporter: waki...

Get to the shelter place area. they were also being guided by other managers and other employees who were trying to get everybody to the safe location. we had people in two different sheltering areas. >> separately another amazon spokesperson telling me that they are still actively working with the community to make sure that they have the resources that they have and most mother-in-law to work with the family members that have been affected, especially, pamela, for the familiar lifts six workers who died on friday night. >> all right. thanks so much, paolo sandoval live for us in illinois. cn...

Metal with cars on top of it. barrels of corrosive chemicals that are there. it will be a miracle if anybody else is found alive in it. >> cnn is covering this story across several states from all angles, from the staggering damage and loss of life in mayfield and dawson spring's kentucky, to edwardsville, illinois, where part of that amazon warehouse collapsed, to the white house for the latest on the federal response. the mayor of mayfield says her town now looks like matchsticks and the human toll isn't yet known. cnn's brynn gingras is there. >> waking up this morning, kentucky's governo...

We lost everything with it, but we're blessed to be here. >> reporter: so we've watched as search and rescue teams for a lot of the morning, late morning have gone house to house with k-9s looking for any sign of people moving throughout this community. we've been told by neighbors here that there are many people in this neighborhood and throughout dawson springs still unaccounted for. this is a community that in many pockets looks just like this. there is very little left. ali? >> ellison, it is remarkable. you're hearing the same thing i'm hearing from people who have lost a lot of things, m...