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Kentucky but, 40 are still unaccounted for. the governor said, quote, it will be a miracle if anyone else is found alive. he said a total of 110 people were work ing in the factory whn the storm hit. he's calling it the worst, most devastating tornado event in kentucky's history. want to bring in storm chaser, michael jordan, who captured some of these pictures. michael gordon, you're with me now, here's my question. for a lot of us, we don't know what we're comparing things to. what was your reaction when you saw this and kind of how it moved over the course of the night? >> the damage here i...

>> the governor calling it the most severe tornado event in kentucky history. really devastating, and we'll keep following the story throughout the morning. derek van dam, thanks so much. all right. still to come, we'll have more on that breaking news as we follow the deadly storm system making its way through parts of the u.s. we'll have the latest from a storm chaser coming up. please do stay with us. ♪ you pour your heart into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lipton. because sippin' on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop ch...

Make sure people that they are not alone. that this is one state, standing strong with those that have been impacted. i'm going to turn it over to michael dotson from emergency management. and we'll hear from the general as well. at the moment, it looks like we have to take questions by email. those instructions have gone out because of a technical difficulty. director dawson. >> thank you, governor. i can only echo the governor's comments. this tornado event may surpass the 1994 super outbreak as one of the deadliest in history. our hearts go out to all of the families in peril and all of the...

In arkansaw , missouri, tennessee and illinois, where two amazon 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 rolled across six states in four hours at 220 mph, obliterated everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts up this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside, a...

Tornado event in kentucky's history. i believe that by the end of today or tomorrow, 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 in those numbers. about 1:00 this morning, i was at the state emergency operation center hearing the reports coming in live. places like my parents hometown, dawson springs, which i just came from, and how hard it was hit. hearing about families trapped in a basement and actually thinking they're lucky as long as we can get to them based on what happened from so ma...