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Molly: talking about how costly this is that is the real cost of the storms. thank you. for more on this we bring in the ceo of the kentucky region american red cross. thank you for joining us, steve. we are one week out from christmas day it is devastating what happened from the loss of life to the losses homes now during this christmas season. if you could just tell us where things are right now as efforts continue quick. >> when i look at things on the ground right now and some of the hardest hit areas, this storm is 14 counties long it stayed on the ground 160 miles. devastation is pretty ...

Tornado season or where tornado alley is located in this country? >> you know, as far as tornado alley goes and kind of like what we refer to it. we'll show you one of the maps here. tornado alley, technically, considered oklahoma and texas. what we've noticed in the recent trend over the last couple decades is there's an upward tick in the number of tornadoes in the tennessee and mississippi areas, arkansas included in that. alabama, too. a little bit of a downward trend in oklahoma and texas. we still see more tornadoes in texas, oklahoma than in areas like mississippi, tennessee and alabama...

From the catastrophic weather event will surpass 100. through the countless scenes of tragedy, fox news was there to witness a powerful moment of hope and resilience in one devastated neighborhood. ashley: fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is live on the ground if in the hard hit area of mayfield, kentucky with that story. good morning, rick. >> reporter: good morning. the first morning because of an overnight storm, an overnight tornado, saturday everybody was beginning to just begin to grasp what happened and get out in the search and rescue. yesterday morning, sunday morning, we s...

Where a twister hit and destroyed a candle factory used as shelter by scores of people. dozens are feared dead there alone. >> we did a -- the lights went out, and then we did a rock, rock, rock, boom, and everything fell down on us. >> i'm looking at the trees and everything is completely sawed off. there's very little in the way of bark remaining on some of them. buildings are completely flattened. cars have been picked up and thrown. you know right away you're dealing with a violent tornado. >> at least six people were also killed in edwardsville, illinois, just outside st. louis, missouri,...

Tornadoes on a radar and when he realized that this neighborhood, his neighborhood, was about to take a direct hit, he decided to leave and get away, which was probably a smart decision. because for miles and miles, many of the homes look like what you see behind me, piles of rubble and rubble. you may see some homes in the distance eventually sheared in half. the destruction here is really stunning. when we first pulled in, we walked up on to a concrete porch that is left in tact, but no home attached to it any longer. this goes on for miles. this looks like the epicenter of an explosion that...