unified in their concern over russia s military build up on its border with ukraine. and it s going to be a nail biter. max verstappen beats lewis hamilton to pole position for sunday s formula one title decider in abu dhabi. hello and welcome. president biden has promised federal aid, after tornadoes devastated at least five us states, flattening whole towns. the worst hit state is kentucky, where the governor, andy beshear, says at least 70 people have been killed many of them in a candle factory in the town of mayfield. there ve been reports of deaths too in arkansaw , missouri, tennessee
in arkansaw , missouri, tennessee and illinois, where two amazon workers have been confirmed dead, after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds rolled across six states in four hours at 220 mph, obliterated everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts up this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside, a0 have made it out. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state s history, and for those who had seen it, it is indescribable.
areas. title claimant i m joined now by alessandra jerolleman, a disaster a disaster resilience expert and assistant professor at jackson state university. she s lives in new orleans and has evacuated to arkansaw. in the first instance, i want to say i m glad you re out of the immediate to say i m glad you re out of the immediate harm s way, that ou ve the immediate harm s way, that you ve left the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for arkansas. - the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for arkansas. but - you ve left for arkansas. but can you talk us through the impacts of this hurricane, what people are going through in the worst affected areas goes yellow absolutely. in many areas, the worst is still to come. . , ., ., come. but we are starting to hear from come. but we are starting to hear from the come. but we are starting to hear from the lower - come. but we are starting to hear from the lower lying - come. but