pharmaceutical plant. max is there live. good morning, we are just west of mayfield, kentucky. back in 2021, this town was hit with a devastating ef-4 and now another disaster, flash flooding. this road is washed away by flood waterses. see how quickly the water has gone down. yesterday morning rescue crews out saving people from cars and homes. at this point, no death or serious injuries reported. in north carolina, ef-3 tornado ripping apart a pfizer plant. the most powerful tornado to hit north carolina in july so far in recorded history. luckily in that case, no deaths or injuries reported. back in western kentucky, the
reports show nearly a foot of rain falling since midnight. if verified, it would smash the state s decade-old record for the most rain in 24 hours. water swallowing neighborhoods and submerging cars. started coming through the side walls, opened up the back door and it started gushing inside the house. reporter: jeremy martin scrambled to get his fiancee and their five kids out. like, it s ruined, and we don t have renters insurance. it sucks. reporter: authorities say no injuries have been reported. kentucky s governor declaring a state of emergency urging people to heed evacuation warnings. remember we can replace stuff and we can rebuild homes. we don t want to lose any lives. reporter: these floods, fresh trauma for mayfield, a community still healing from 2021 s monster ef-4 tornado that killed close to 60 people just before christmas, with another severe system barrelling east, weather-ravaged communities brace once again as violent signs of our climate crisis intensi
authorities say no injuries have been reported. kentucky s governor tonight declaring a state of emergency urging people to heed evacuation warnings. remember, we can replace stuff, and we can rebuild homes. we don t want to lose any lives. reporter: these floods, fresh trauma for mayfield still healing from 2021 s monster ef-4 tornado that killed close to 60 people just before christmas. tonight with another severe system barreling east, weather-ravaged communities brace once again as violent signs of our climate crisis intensify. maggie vespa, nbc news, mayfield, kentucky. reporter: i m erin mclaughlin. the deadly heat dome creating chaos at harry reid international airport in las vegas. several passengers and a flight attendant exited by stretcher after being stuck in the tarmac in triple-digit heat for hours. visibly shaking. reporter: the robinson family was on the flight with their 1-year-old baby when they saw fellow passengers become ill. it looked like
so i have to get these cameras really close to the tornado. after the fact when i got home and looked at the footage, i wished i had gotten a little bit closer. jason: aaron, come on. you can t get any closer to that thing. that s unbelievable. i hope nobody got hurt. i stand in awe of these types of things and as a wildlife photographer i love seeing this stuff. what was the sound like? these storms are violent but the sound, people say, is just unbelievable. that s right. the footage that you see. the closest i ve got to it was the peak intensity of the tornado. it hit two homes. that s where the ef 4 damage occurred and i knew driving up to the tornado it was a strong tornado but when i got up closer i could see the wind and the debris being torn apart. the tiny little bits looked like glitter in the tornado. but the sound, as you mention, the roar. only the upper echelon, the strongest tornadoes have that