trapping more than 100 workers inside. in neighboring illinois, at least one person is dead after a tornado struck an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, northeast of st. louis. in arkansas, a suspected tornado destroyed a nursing home in thee city of monette killing at least one person. fox team coverage beginning with steve harrigan live in mayfield, kentucky where the factory roof collapsed, steve. steve: john, the sun has set here in mayfield, kentucky, long, cold and difficult night for first responders and national guard who are here on the scene of that candle factory. you can see behind me activity of the cranes has slowed. it s been 15 hours since anyone was pulled alive from that factory. it is one of the largest employers in this town of 10,000. more than 110 workers were inside the factory working an overnight shift. many of them trying to earn
talk to your doctor about mavyret. mike: residents along the mississippi river bracing for more flooding tonight. the homes are already underwater in more places. correspondent matt finn live in austin illinois tonight, northeast of st. louis. this floodwater care has been on the ground for more than a week. and it is still rising. now forecasted to crash tomorrow at 18 feet above and i want to briefly show you a rather fresh visual. business owners keeping the mighty mississippi water entirely out of the downtown district or the worker tells us one pump you re looking at has been removing 4,000 gallons of water per minute. to my left, that red line on the white male represents the 1993 flood level, the worst ever flood here. this evening, you can see the water is getting closer redline.
actually that one torpbd a o torn aid know joplin, missouri has been upgraded to ef5 with winds over 200 miles an hour, so that s likely why we saw just such a large span of devastation over southwest missouri, and another risk for today. here s a look at that storm system spinning across the center of the nation, we have a new tornado watch for the state of illinois and is in effect until 1:00 p.m. central time. so that means that conditions are favorable for tornado development and we do have a new tornado warning across the central portions of the state, just for the northeast of st. louis, so seek shelter if you live in any of these areas. this is brand new tornado warning, meaning there s likely currently a tornado on the ground. today s severe weather threat extends from eastern texas through buffalo, new york. that s where ear going to see the thunderstorms firing up. the greatest risk is the area shaded in red and the high risk where it s likely we could see the long,