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Secretary mayorkas and we toured it. there are still crews going 24/7 trying to recover. there are people unaccounted for that were accounted for. they wanted to go home and check on their families and they go to homes that are no longer standing. it took 24 hours to locate all the people, but there are still a few unaccounted for there. >> reporter: is it still a search and rescue operation or is it a search and recovery? >> it is still a search and rescue. there is hope there may be one or two in there. we all know the temperature, and this is the second day going into the third day, so -- >...

More than 80 people, including children, they fear dead, most right here in kentucky. the governor says more than 1,000 homes are destroyed and dozens of people are still missing. some of the worst damage is here in mayfield. the destruction stretches for blocks, further than the eye can see. i want to bring in the congressman who represents this part of kentucky, james comer. thank you for joining us again. i'm sure you've been getting the very latest updates. first off, what can you tell us about where things stand? >> we still have hope there are people scattered in these homes that we just...

Manufacturing facility. the steel structure, you would have thought it would be one of the safest places, but you can see there was nothing safe about this storm. >> nine people known to die when a tornado hit an amazon warehouse. among them, navy veteran cleveland kope. >> we're reaching out to the families of those we lost. >> reporter: now client experts warning extreme weather is becoming our new normal. >> the effects we're seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation. i'm pamela brown, in p mayfield, kentucky, completely devastated. here in mayfield, there is still hope ...

That's the best challenge that any of us can ask for. >> and that is so true. i've seen it firsthand here in mayfield, people just want to help. this is such a resilient, tight-knit community. i want to turn to ef anvansvill illinois, about 200 miles from here. debris was removed from an amazon warehouse. the walls of 11-inch-thick concrete crumbled and collapsed. our crew is on the air with those latest developments. let's begin in bowling green, kentucky reeling from widespread construction. rick is there. rick, i know fema teams svarriv there today. what are they doing to help? >> reporter:...

Life inside, making sure nobody was left behind and going door to door, really, to clear out what's left of these homes. there is so much that this community needs here. it's been just over 24 hours since a series of tornadoes made their way through here in this state, and we've been speaking so much about what happened in mayfield. we can't overlook what happened here in bowling green in this subdivision where we're at. it's really one of the hardest hit in the city. we're hearing these traumatizing stories of survival. we spoke to one man whof was in his car wihen the tornado hit. the roof c...