Board chair kirk, incident commander you met just moments ago chief fire fire chief lightford and local officials from madison county and edwardsville fire and police command staff. thank you to all of you for the work that you ve been doing. i really am tremendously grateful to our state and local teams who are on the ground here through the night working to save lives. last night severe storms swept through central illinois and metro east with a tornado touching down in madison, cast, shelby, coles and fayett counties. amid the condition the edwardsville community experienced great tragedy. the structural collapse of an amazon warehouse with workers inside. it brings me great sorrow to confirm that at this time 6 individuals have lost their
I m joined now byjenna rae a local reporter at the scene of the amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. but some breaking news concerning this story, they kentucky governor has reportedly said that at least 50 people are likely to have been killed in this outbreak of tornadoes. tornadoes have ripped through kentucky as well as other us states late on friday night and early hours of saturday morning. he did add that the number of dead could be significantly more than that. the reports are heartbreaking, he said. we are hoping to get the latest from him. but initially it sounds like at least 50 people are likely to have been killed. we have
Least 3 people are confirmed dead after a line of severe weather ripped through a small town leaving homes and vehicles in a pile of wood and twisted metal n. illinois crews continue sifting through■ç the debris at this amazon warehouse in edwardsville just 25 miles east of st. louis. officials say at least one person was killed and at least two others injured when severe weather sheered off the building s roof and a wall9 and the wall the length of a football field collapsed. between 50-100 workers were believed to be inside at the time, and officials confirm at least one person was killed in arkansas at a nursing home after a tornado, suspected tornado ripped through that nursing home, eric. eric: all right, charles, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, in kentucky governor andy bashir declaring a state of emergency saying he fears at least 70 people are dead after a single tornado tore across more than 200 miles in
Factory. 110 people working in it at the time the storm hit. they rescued 40. there s at least 15 feet of metal with cars on top of it, barrels of corrosive materials that are there. it will be a miracle if anybody else is found alive. this deadly weather was so wind up, it strechlz from arkansas, mississippi, missouri are, tennessee, kentucky and illinois last night. in edwardsville, illinois, two deaths have been reported at an amazon warehouse after a direct impact from a tornado there caused one of the walls of the building to collapse. also caused all that roof damage there you see. 30 workers managed to escape on their own. three others have been rescued from that building so far. in arkansas, at least one person was killed at a nursing home with the roof collapsed during the storms.
Trapping more than 100 workers inside. in neighboring illinois, at least one person is dead after a tornado struck an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, northeast of st. louis. in arkansas, a suspected tornado destroyed a nursing home in thee city of monette killing at least one person. fox team coverage beginning with steve harrigan live in mayfield, kentucky where the factory roof collapsed, steve. steve: john, the sun has set here in mayfield, kentucky, long, cold and difficult night for first responders and national guard who are here on the scene of that candle factory. you can see behind me activity of the cranes has slowed. it s been 15 hours since anyone was pulled alive from that factory. it is one of the largest employers in this town of 10,000. more than 110 workers were inside the factory working an overnight shift. many of them trying to earn