there are they re starting from scratch here, but they can t even start rebuilding because they are still looking for survivors at that candle factory. the governor saying more than 70 people could have perished. our coverage continues here on msnbc, a new hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it is sunday, december the 12th. i m ali velshi in mayfield, kentucky. this is ground zero for the terror that we have seen on friday night and into saturday. this is a region that is hard hit by what the governor of kentucky has called the most devastating tornado strike in the state s history. let me just show you these before and after images, giving you a sense of the magnitude of the destruction. this rare set of twisters that arrived on friday night december, it s a little late for tornados, touching down in multiple states in a matter of four hours, reducing homes like
now, the good news in all of this, the cdc says so far, omicron does appear to be mild and so far, there have been no deaths reported and only one hospitalization due to this strain. lindsey? stephanie stanton, thank you so much. and thank you for watching msnbc reports. i m lindsey reiser. i ll be back next weekend at 7:00 a.m. eastern. velshi who s live in mayfield, kentucky, starts right now. good morning. it is sunday, december the 12th. i m ali velshi in mayfield, kentucky. this is ground zero of the series of tornadoes that hit on friday night into saturday morning. striking across six states. let me tell you a little bit about where we are right now. take a look at this drone video. this is what s left of mayfield, kentucky. immense devastation. homes, various structures reduced to rubble after what s being called a quad state tornado. this is a pretty rare set of
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