tornadoes on a radar and when he realized that this neighborhood, his neighborhood, was about to take a direct hit, he decided to leave and get away, which was probably a smart decision. because for miles and miles, many of the homes look like what you see behind me, piles of rubble and rubble. you may see some homes in the distance eventually sheared in half. the destruction here is really stunning. when we first pulled in, we walked up on to a concrete porch that is left in tact, but no home attached to it any longer. this goes on for miles. this looks like the epicenter of an explosion that is simply just massive. the medical examiner here in this county tells us that the tornadoes here killed ten people and that in this area, this is the hardest hit area of the county. overnight, no power for as far as we can see. this is a sea of darkness, all around us. so many people left homeless
so does my oral-b my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. updating you on our top story. this tornado disaster is now responsible for at least 84 deaths if five of the six states that were hit. at least six people died in the collapse of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. 45 people got out alive there, but it s still not clear how many people have been in that warehouse when the ef-3 tornado hit. a shift change was happening at the time. and in kentucky from may ophelia to bowling green and beyond, we re seeing the disaster grow
that the county has set up cottages at a nearby state park so people can get some shelter here, especially through these very frigid nights that are expected. as we walk around here, we talk to some people who were rushed here to this scene, who were helping people escape from the debris field. they described pulling people out with broken bones. the nearby hospital that has treated people said they treated nearly 100 people from around this area with traumatic injuries caused by this storm. and the one thing you re left with, as you watch other people comb through the rubble, trying to find whatever belongings they can salvage is really a sense of people stunned and in disbelief of what they have endured here. ed lavendera, cnn, dawson springs, kentucky. as we mentioned, the tornado that struck an amazon warehouse in illinois hit during a shift change. police said some people were initially trapped underneath the rubble. as polo sandoval reports from
that small area was hit in our town. you had what, maybe 25 minutes warning, is that right? less than half an hour. yes. we had 25 minutes. that doesn t seem a long time, but then again it is a long time. you know, as i said earlier today that we we knew all day long and a couple days prior to that, but that particular time that we could be under some very severe weather. yeah, as you say, it could have been much worse. looking at the recovery now, how long do you think it s going to be before you can get your city back to whatever it was? well, i think for our personal homes that were damaged or destroyed, you know, three months, four months, i think, from the time that on the worst ones, it s going to take to get those either replaced or
after those deadly tornadoes. go to cnn.com/impact and there you can find verified ways to help tornado victims. once again, that s c cnn.com/impact. all right. we have much more just ahead, including a look at the devastation left behind after an amazon warehouse in illinois took a direct hit from a tornado and emergency crews are searching for survivors after several homes and buildings collapsed in italy. we we have the latest details in what might have caused the incident coming up in a live report from m rome. stay with us. i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn s disease. then i realized something was missing. .me. my symptoms were keeping me fromeing there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and leaed humira ithe #1 prescribed biologic for people with crohn s disease.