there are things that people can do to not build in these flood-prone areas. but with tornados like this, it s really, really difficult. i think what the most we can do is try and give people as much warning as we can and give them time to get into as safest place as possible. one of the things that we are looking at right now is there is search and rescue going on in a lot of places. in edwardsville, illinois, where the amazon factory was, they have now called that a recovery mission. in other words, they do not believe they are going to find any more people or certainly find anybody alive. we have a very different situation here in kentucky. we have a lot of people unaccounted for. dozens of people unaccounted for. how do you have to think about this as an emergency and rescue worker? how do you think about how long you keep looking for people, and then you say maybe this isn t a
an operation is still under way at a candle factory in mayfield. more than 100 workers were on the night shift when the tornado tore through. a0 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. i m joined now by misty thomas, the executive director for the red cross in western kentucky. she s been on the ground in mayfield, the worst hit area. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme, and i can only