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18 march 1925 to be exact, which had a tornado occur that took a path length of about 219 miles. and last night, just 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 is 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, whether is obviously unpredictable. that is the very nature of it, b...

Administrator, and we will bring that to you as soon as it gets started. there's the governor now. let's take a listen. >> good afternoon, everybody. this is kentucky's most devastating tornado event in our history. we have lost far too many of our brothers and sisters. the damage is devastating. an entire blocks -- more than one block with nothing standing. to the people of america, there's no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in grace county or in kentucky. nothing that was standing in the direct line of this tornado is still standing. we currently have 18 counties wi...

Workers have been confirmed dead after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent 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...

Together with your fellow community members in the wake of this so important. fredericka? >> the generosity clearly is unstoppable and that began with that night that the tornado hit, some of the first people to jump into action tried to move the debris to save people in that candle factory, just ordinary citizens who came out to help, extraordinary. thank you so much, pamela. check back with you. homeland security alejandro mayorkas and female administrator chris well are meeting with kentucky's governor today and getting a briefing from the disaster zone. they are expected to hold a press co...

When the tornado tore through. 110 people managed to make it out. in the state of illinois an amazon factory is looking for its missing employees. the amazon founderjeff bezos pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned russia that it would face "massive consequences" if it were to invade ukraine, and said all options were...