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State of kentucky. the state may be the worst hit by the series of storms with at least 70 people feared dead. that number, though, could rise. here's how the governor of kentucky put it earlier today. >> 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 and elsewhere, it is indescribable. the level of devastation is unlike anything i have ever seen. >> and then in illinois, because it's not just kentucky, we're awaiting an update from governor j.b. pritzker on the amazon facility in edwardsville after ...

Lexington, louisville, and certainly western kentucky. do we have one more? why don't you, james, just show the one with the dots, the county map with the dots, that shows you just one other way of showing where we've had damage. the reports have come in for a tornado to cause damage in this many counties, again, i think shows that it will be the single most severe, certainly, tornado event in our history. and i believe the most deadly. did i miss anything, michael? >> we just received an update. >> so the last bit of information to come in is the power outages are climbing.

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About, last night, that his station is destroyed. they had to extricate people from the fire station last night so they could respond when the storms hit. it is a truly devastating situation. i feel terrible to even try to put this into words, because these people just need our faith, they need our prayers, they need our hope that something good is going to turn out of this awful tragedy. these people are working their hearts out. they're not leaving until the job is done. and hopefully, we'll have some good news to bring to you in the next hour or so. >> the governor, wendy, is speaking now. ...

Tornado. look at the satellite -- rather this radar imagery. you can see the beginnings of the life span of this dangerous and deadly tornado. it started late friday evening, just east of jonesboro. there it is tracking through portions of northeast arkansas, through missouri, portions of tennessee, western and central kentucky. and that spanned over 250 miles, and i bring this up because the longest single duration tornado event, the longest trek ever recorded, 225 miles back in 1925. that was a tri-state tornado. the potential exists here to set records if this is indeed verified. that's a l...