A mission group called the Kentucky Changers is in Mayfield, Kentucky, this week, repairing homes for people who were affected by the Dec. 10, 2021, tornado.
secretary mayorkas and we toured it. there are still crews going 24/7 trying to recover. there are people unaccounted for that were accounted for. they wanted to go home and check on their families and they go to homes that are no longer standing. it took 24 hours to locate all the people, but there are still a few unaccounted for there. reporter: is it still a search and rescue operation or is it a search and recovery? it is still a search and rescue. there is hope there may be one or two in there. we all know the temperature, and this is the second day going into the third day, so reporter: i ve been going around mayfield talking to folks, and several people as i walked up to them said, are you fema? they re so desperate for help, and i know you have so many resources from the federal government, the local government. walk us through what is being done to help the good people of mayfield and beyond?
more than 80 people, including children, they fear dead, most right here in kentucky. the governor says more than 1,000 homes are destroyed and dozens of people are still missing. some of the worst damage is here in mayfield. the destruction stretches for blocks, further than the eye can see. i want to bring in the congressman who represents this part of kentucky, james comer. thank you for joining us again. i m sure you ve been getting the very latest updates. first off, what can you tell us about where things stand? we still have hope there are people scattered in these homes that we just haven t been able to get the cadaver dogs over. we re still hoping people can be rescued, but obviously we re still having to recover a lot, too. reporter: can you give us any updates about the candle factory and what is going on there? i was there yesterday with
dejoy. the post office was completely destroyed and it serves most of this county. they re going to try to go to paducah. i know everyone is trying to pitch in and help, and the locals are reaching out to f pharmacies, trying to deliver medicine. reporter: i know you re in and out of homes trying to find survivors, but there is also looking ahead, too, and rebuilding, and what this means, this extreme weather event. i spoke to a woman at fema today, and she told me these extreme weather events are the new normal. i know in kentucky this is historic. in the past you have denied global warming, climate change. does this whole experience, being here, knowing what happened, does it make you reassess your view? i care about the environment. i m a farmer. i consider myself a
that s the best challenge that any of us can ask for. and that is so true. i ve seen it firsthand here in mayfield, people just want to help. this is such a resilient, tight-knit community. i want to turn to ef anvansvill illinois, about 200 miles from here. debris was removed from an amazon warehouse. the walls of 11-inch-thick concrete crumbled and collapsed. our crew is on the air with those latest developments. let s begin in bowling green, kentucky reeling from widespread construction. rick is there. rick, i know fema teams svarriv there today. what are they doing to help? reporter: we ve seen fema here, the red cross trying to clear out these homes trying to make sure there are no signs of