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Arkansas and kentucky. factories were wrecked along with nursing homes, badly damaged. historic buildings decimated downtowns just levelled. we are going to be joined in a few moments. we're having technical difficulties, but right now we'll go to the hardest hit area, mayfield, kentucky. we've seen such devastation there. wendy? >> reporter: good afternoon. it's incredible. it's no exaggeration to say that everywhere you look here in downtown mayfield, kentucky, you're going to see a story. today is about cleaning up, but we have spoken to a large group of people who are just trying to help...

Operations i should say have shifted into search and recovery operations. officials not expecting to find anyone else alive underneath the rubble. it is mayfield, kentucky, though, that may be the hardest hit area in this set of storms. it's estimated that more than 100 people were working in a candle factory when the tornado hit, and kentucky's governor andy beshear says just 40 have been rescued there. officials and loved ones have been searching for the missing and they are stunned by what they're seeing. here's some of what they shared with us. >> this is probably the worst thing i ever se...

The ceo of the candle factory who says that he was here on site helping first responders, trying to locate the 110 people who were working inside. but still, pamela, so many unanswered questions. when did they hear the sirens, did they hear the sirens? what did they knew when they knew they were in danger, what happened in the moments leading up to the tornado and where are so many people now still unaccounted for. pamela? >> we will be sure to press for answers to those very important questions as we absorb the tragedy here in mayfield and five other states. hard hit area in western kentucky,...

But getting an exact number of how many were in the warehouse at the time has proved difficult for officials. they made the distinction yesterday, search and rescue operations shifting into search and recovery. officials not expecting to find anyone else alive under the rubble. but it is mayfield, kentucky, that may have been the hardest hit area. officials calling it the ground zero of this set of tornadoes. it's estimated that more than 100 people were working in a candle factory when a tornado hit there. kentucky's governor andy beshear saying just 40 have been rescued. officials and loved ...

Luckily, no one was there and you guys were all in the basement. scott, give us context against, because we've heard from the kentucky director of emergency management michael dossett, who said mayfield, kentucky, you're looking at the damage there, mayfield, would be ground zero when it comes to the worst hit area of kentucky. where is dawson springs compared to mayfield? >> dawson springs is east of mayfield. when you look at a map of highways, kentucky is by secr the western side. when illinois touches it, kentucky touching illinois, missouri, where the rivers come together, that's where ma...