Real. Were all americans. We stand together as United States of america. And i say to all the victims, youre in our prayers. Emergency crews searching for survivors. Residents reeling from the scale of the disaster. Its stuff you see on tv. Doesnt happen in your town until it happens in your town. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Im pamela brown in mayfield, kentucky. The epicenter of the deadliest december day for tornadoes on record. At least 70 people are feared dead. There is so much heartbreak surrounding where i am right now. Take a look. This is what remains of the Candle Factory here in town. Levelled by a tornado. Remarkably, 40 people in the wreckage but many missing. A miracle if anybody else found alive in it. End quote. More than 30 tornados raked across six states. Meteorologists say one long track twister may have riffed a 250 mile swath of damage from arkansas to kaebt. That would be a record. Winds ripped apart an Amazon Warehouse in Western Illinois killing at lea
Whole city government campus is destroyed. our city government, the mayor s office and the police department share a building. it is destroyed across the driveway. the parking lot is, the fire station is destroyed. the fire chief had to connect, change to his truck and pull the doors open to get the ambulances and the fire trucks out. reporter: and tonight, law enforcement official here in mayfield said he lost his entire building. part of the county jail and the same devastating storm that hill k killed one of his deputies. he was forced to evacuate 80 inmates from the graves county jail after the tornado ripped the building apart but that s not all. one of his deputies was killed while watching a group of inmates on work release that now destroyed candle factory. graves county jailer george workman here with me now.