arkansas all the way up to illinois. cbs news correspondent mola lenghi is in edwardsville, illinois. about 45 employees were able to make it out of this amazon facility after the tornado ripped through the building, toppling a 40 foot tall and 150 foot long wall, in the process killing six people. now at this point this is still an active scene. first responders remain out here. they are still searching but they say at this point everyone appears to be accounted for. back here in mayfield, kentucky, candle factory worker richard padilla struggles just to stand. he is still in so much pain after being hit with debris. when i was there, under all the stuff, that i was going to die. so i i thought if i can survive, my life, definitely will have to it be better. three of richard s coworkers tearfully told us their story of how they were able to get out. and escape with their lives. will you hear more of that
kentucky was hit the hardest, with four tornadoes striking there. these drone images shows many properties in rural areas were completely levelled. two people are confirmed to have died in arkansas. one of those was killed when this nursing home was hit, with five others left injured. us occupational safety and health administration have opened an investigation into safety at this amazon facility, located in edwardsville, illinois, after six of its workers were confirmed to have died. survivors describe being alerted to the incoming storm 20 minutes ahead of it striking the facility, with some reporting they told to shelter in place in a toilet for over two house a claim disputed by amazon. the logistics giant say due to the nature of facility it s obviously a large facility it s1.1 million square feet but there are shelter in place areas and they re designed for that purpose. so, when the alarm went off, when the siren went off, our staff immediatelyjumped into action, started m
through the state this weekend. the death toll is now 64, the governor made that announcement, officials do expect the number to rise. the severe weather killed more than a dozen people in arkansas, tennessee, missouri, illinois, where six people died in the partial collapse of the amazon facility. parts of kentucky are unrecognizable after what the governor believes is the longest tornado in u.s. history. it touched down for four hours. you could hear the crews already trying to clean up this area downtown in mayfield. president biden is going to tour some of the destruction on wednesday. and kentucky governor andy bashear was visibly shaken by what happened across his state in the past three days. here is what he said. just a few more facts about those we ve lost. 18 are still unidentified. of the ones that we know, the
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there is no lens big enough to show you the extent of the damage here in graves county or in kentucky. nothing that was standing in the direct line of this tornado is still standing. you can see they re trying to clear this road. heavy machinery out trying to pull some of the wreckage away. a real mixture of buildings, houses, trees, everything trying to get people from point a to point b. they need housing here, they need electricity, phones, running water. to do that they have to clear the streets first. bill: amazing sight there. steve harrigan with that story from mayfield. back to you shortly. dana: southern illinois crews search the rubble after a roof and wall collapsed at an amazon facility. at least six deaths. a look at the facility before and after the damage. search efforts are expected to continue for several days. authorities say it is unlikely