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Nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds roared across six states in four hours at a speed of 220 mph, obliterating everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts at this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside. a0 have made it out. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state's history. and for those that have seen it, what it's done here in grace county an...

>> this event is the worst, most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky's history. we will be north of at least 70 lives lost here in kentucky. i think we will have lost more than 100 people. and i think it could rise significantly. ♪ ♪ >> we're seeing things that none of us have ever seen before. the damage here is undescribable. it's changed the landscape of the city that we know here in mayfield. ♪ ♪ >> i'm looking for my wife.

>> i think it's going to be the longest and deadliest tornado event in u.s. history. i've got towns that are gone, that are just -- i mean, gone. you think you'd go door to door to check on people and see if there are okay. there are no doors. the question is, is somebody in the rubble of thousands upon thousands of structures? i mean, it is devastating. >> words can hardly describe some of the pictures we've seen. at any moment we are expecting another update from the governor along with local, state, and federal officials. my colleague boris sanchez is on the ground in mayfield, kentucky, he...

To give you some context, the tornado event probably crossed nearly 400 kilometres, 250 miles, starting just north of little rock, arkansas, passing through the state of missouri, the state of tennessee, and eventually doing probably its most prolific damage in the state of kentucky. right now, many of us are just sort of trying to really unpack what happened yesterday, as it is just absolutely historic. victor, weather is obviously unpredictable, that is the very nature of it. but we didn't really have many warnings, did we, about this? what made it so bad? well, there were actually significa...

The longest and deadliest tornado event in u.s. history. >> that's the governor, andy beshear, on with jonathan capehart shortly, an soon as we're off the air. this is an important distinction. that number has gone up. we don't have official numbers that have gone beyond 20 deaths in kentucky, the governor consistently said that number is going to be above 70. he said above 80 and continuing to go up. i want to give you one last look at where i am. we're in mayfield, kentucky. and it is destroyed. the downtown -- we're a block off of the main street here. and i want to give you a sense of just...