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Grandparents' porch, they passed away many years ago, but one block up and everything is gone. or miles in each direction, just nothing, nothing standing. how do you obliterate a full town? and i know he wants to see it firsthand. but certainly we've been getting every single request filled by the federal government and that is just not being expressed by me but my senator mcconnell and paul and our entire delegation. so we are thankful for the federal government. >> and i know just that you have set up a relief fund. where could people go? >> that is the western kentucky tornado relief fund. ...

Morning. in edwardsville, illinois, six people were killed when an amazon warehouse was hit. a similar tragedy in kentucky, the state with the most widespread damage. eight people were killed while working in a candle factory. >> to the people of america, there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in grace county or kentucky. nothing standing in the direct line of this tornado is still standing. >> joining us now live from mayfield, kentucky, nbc news correspondent jay gray. jay, good morning. thank you for being there. we can see the images around. pure devastation....

Credits the briarwood teacher with keeping his son safe. outside briarwood elementary school, i ran across sade, still trying to find her niece. >> somebody told me they saw her. i'm glad everybody's okay. >> reporter: still such a raw situation. you can see behind me we have search and rescue dogs, plenty of firefighters and complete and utter devastation. helping with the search and rescue, 80 national guard members deployed by oklahoma governor mary fallin. >> it's like a battle zone. nothing standing, no trees, no houses, no landmarks. you don't even know where you are, where you're standi...