cleanup efforts under way after this weekend s powerful storms. the heads of homeland security and fema are traveling to the region today, bringing much needed resources to the devastated communities. storms unleashed more than 30 tornadoes late friday and into early saturday, destroying buildings and claiming lives across six states. one twister may be responsible for damage along a 250-mile stretch from arkansas to kentucky. officials fear as many as 80 people may have lost their lives. and here in edwardsville, authorities say a recovery effort could take three days, as we look at what s left of this amazon warehouse. at least six people killed here after a tornado carved through the building. 11-inch concrete walls, imploding, the roof collapsing. roughly 45 people made it out, but getting an exact number of how many were in the warehouse at the time has proved difficult for officials. they made the distinction yesterday, search and rescue operations shifting into sea
that s very challenge flrigh now. we ve worked with our client trying to get them into hotels. part of our challenge there s a significant part of our region that has no power and cell service is spotty. i don t know the counts, but many counties without power, so obviously if you re looking for temporary accommodations you have to get outside of our area. we spent a significant amount of time helping connect our clients with temporary places one or two nights until we can get something more permanent. we saw a close-up image of the graves county, courthouse, my thoughts, today is sunday, tomorrow is monday, which means for most of us it s a regular workday, but for the people in mayfield and graves county and these states that were hard hit, they re not going to be able to go back to work. unfortunately or school. yeah. or school. work. home for many people. lives have been severely impacted for many, many months