by neighbors, other community members, you see them there with gloves trying to go back in that came with dog food, different things, trying to get that dog out and get it some help, because it has been there a couple of days. the woman, again, the owner, hospitalized. oh, my gosh. ellison, please give us an update of what happens with that poor dog and that poor dog s owner who is still hospitalized. ellison barber, ellison, thank you. osha is now investigating the collapse of an amazon distribution center in edwardsville, illinois. the collapse killed two employees and injured one other. the few employees who survived are now talking about what it was like inside during the storm. i was concentrating on one thing and that was breathing. because i was being crushed by that wall. it started to crush my head at the end and that was scary. when i went around to the back area, that was completely destroyed. it was like somebody just blew
ceremoniously, they ve handed it to her. she s determined to put that flag back upsh in this town whe they rebuild this to the may field she knows. we have a long road ahead of us, but still holding up hope for good news. we want to go over to morgan chesky in edwardsville. at least six people have died there at that ma amson facility. reporter: good morning. officials are saying this recovery effort is still on going. they had a press conference yesterday evening in which they said they reev searching for an signs of life as they comb through that debris outside this massive warehouse north of edwardsville here. this is a building that essentially took abu direct hit from this tornado. this was not the quad state tornado that hit mayfield. it was one of the more than 30 others that sprung up across
indescribable. the level of devastation is unlike anything i have ever seen. it appears total and complete. here s some footage today of an amazon facility in illinois. that s where the roof of the building was ripped off and a 100 foot portion of a wall collapsed, at least two people are reported to have died and multiple others have been injured there in edwardsville just a bit near st. louis. an employee described that chaotic scene. when i went around to the back area, that was completely destroyed. it was debris all across the lake, the power loss, the majority of the cars, some of the amazon advance close to the lake, and it was just completely destroyed. in arkansas, at least one person is dead, fiver seriously injured at a nursing home. the facility saying they took a direct hit from a tornado there: governor asa hutchinson is
this point. reporter: so illinois governor j.b. pritzker has already reached out to the mayor of edwardsville here, which is about 20 miles northeast of st. louis, missouri. the governor says he s issuing all support that is needed. the mayor says this cleanup effort could take a couple of days. i ll send it back to the studio. alex. hey, ryan, so i have a question. i was listening to thomas, the amazon employee you interviewed there. he talked about being in his car for half an hour, which made me wonder, these two fatalfatalitio you know whether or not they were in the area that collapsed of the building? might they have been outside? has that been clarified at all? reporter: no, in the press conference earlier this morning, police didn t clarify exactly where the folks were in the building. they didn t clarify exactly if people were inside or outside. they did say that they guessed mate about 50 people were at the facility at the time, going back to the fact that they don t kn
with more. reporter: more than 100 people were inside a candle factory when the tornado ripped through mayfield, kentucky. the only thing standing was the bathroom and the hall. reporter: now kentucky officials believe this storm was one of the most severe in the state s history. the powerful twister demolished the monette manor nursing home in arkansas, trapping 20 people inside overnight. at least one person is reported dead and five seriously injured. a massive emergency response rushed to the site and were able to bring the rest of the residents out safely. a second nursing home in truman was damaged. power lines down there, the roads still blocked. the nursing home is hit. reporter: still more damage in leechville as the twister cut 100 mile long path diagonally through northeast arkansas. powerful winds swept through illinois too shredding an amazon warehouse and trapping dozens of workers in edwardsville.