Welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown reporting live from mayfield, kentucky, tonight, after a deadly string of tornadoes devastated towns across the midwest and southeast. tonight, we have learned that at least 84 people are dead across eight states and most officials expect that number to rise. the rush is on to find survivors, especially inside the candle factory that s just a few miles away from where i m standing. dozens are believed to still be missing and we ve learned that supervisors at the business are helping first responders on the scene. workers likely to be where the tornado flattened the building. and the last few hours, we ve learned at least six people were killed when an amazon warehouse collapsed in edwardsville, illinois. the death toll has also recently risen in missouri and in tennessee. and back here in mayfield, kentucky, our crews just caught
The heads of homeland security and fema are in the region today bringing with them the much-needed federal resources. mayfield, kentucky is seeing many so of the worst of the damage. a few buildings left standing in the town of roughly 10,000. rescuers sifting through a collapsed candle factory where more than 100 people were working and then that tornado came through an so far only 40 people have been rescued from that wreckage. and new video shows what s left of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. at least six people died when the building collapsed during a violent tornado there. many more are feared dead in dawson springs, kentucky, a town of just 2,700 people. the governor saying this morning devastation is something his state has never seen before. it s going to take us time. i mean, you think you go door to door to check on people to see
Video, the damage is truly immense. again, at least two people are dead and several remain unaccounted for. this building was only about two years old, and it was a distribution hub for amazon. the majority of the warehouse appears to be completely destroyed. there s a mountain of debris to sift through, and investigators are still sectioning off the area. for their part, amazon has said they are monitoring the situation here in edwardsville, and are heart broken over the loss of their team members. now, here s video about an hour away from defiance, missouri. there s another reported death in that city from another tornado that touched down some time after 7:30 p.m. local time. now, the devastation was catastrophic across the entire midwest tonight. we do know that in the st. louis area at least two people were taken to the hospital with injuries. we ve also had several power outages here in the area. here in illinois, it hasn t been that bad. there are only still about 6,000 in the d
So does my oral-b my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. updating you on our top story. this tornado disaster is now responsible for at least 84 deaths if five of the six states that were hit. at least six people died in the collapse of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. 45 people got out alive there, but it s still not clear how many people have been in that warehouse when the ef-3 tornado hit. a shift change was happening at the time. and in kentucky from may ophelia to bowling green and beyond, we re seeing the disaster grow
The midwest at this time. i m jenna rae reporting for cbs here in edwardsville, illinois. o keefe: jenna, thank you. governors and lawmakers from the affected states reaching out to the federal government for help, and late today president biden said help is on the way. i want folks in all these states to know, we re going to get through this, we re going to get through this together, and the federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times when we aren t democrats or republicans. sounds like hyperbole, but it s real. we re all americans. o keefe: cbs s christina ruffini is on the north lawn of the white house with more for us. christina. reporter: good evening. the president said these states and communities will have anything they need from the federal government. so far only hard-hit kentucky requested national guard troops and made an emergency declaration. more could follow. the president says he plans to visit the storm damage when it s safe to do