workers have been confirmed dead after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruction has been extraordinary. in the dead of night, dark funnel clouds roared across six states in four hours at a speed of 220 mph, obliterating everything in their path. this small town of mayfield in kentucky has been hit hard. workers on christmas shifts at this candle factory were buried by several tornadoes that came hurtling in the dark. it is thought up to 110 people were inside. a0 have made it out. this has been the most devastating tornado event in our state s history, and for those that have seen
together with your fellow community members in the wake of this so important. fredericka? the generosity clearly is unstoppable and that began with that night that the tornado hit, some of the first people to jump into action tried to move the debris to save people in that candle factory, just ordinary citizens who came out to help, extraordinary. thank you so much, pamela. check back with you. homeland security alejandro mayorkas and female administrator chris well are meeting with kentucky s governor today and getting a briefing from the disaster zone. they are expected to hold a press conference in the next hour from mayfield, connecticut, and we ll try to bring that live. in the meantime governor andy bashear spoke with jake tapper this morning to see how the storm is impacting his community. here s what he had to say. this is the deadliest tornado event that we ve ever had. i think it s going to be the longest and deadliest torch doe event in u.s. history.
when the tornado tore through. 110 people managed to make it out. in the state of illinois an amazon factory is looking for its missing employees. the amazon founderjeff bezos pledged to offer support. the governor here in kentucky says this is the deadliest tornado event the state has ever had. president biden has signed a federal emergency disaster declaration to help this state and others ravaged by the storms. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kentucky. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned russia that it would face massive consequences if it were to invade ukraine, and said all options were being considered. she was speaking at a meeting of g7 foreign ministers in liverpool, as thousands of russian troops mass on the ukrainian border. the ministers condemned the build up, saying there would be a severe cost following any military aggression from moscow.
survivorsre in there now. i survived this. honey, listen, i m humbling and i m forever grateful. the head of fema and secretary of homeland security both headed to kentucky to help in the recovery effort. the death toll there expected to rise. this event is the worst, most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky s history. a so-called quad-state tornado that was on the ground for hundreds of miles could set new records. that and the time of year have people asking how much did this have to do with climate change? we all know everything is moreow intense when the climates warming, everything, and obviously it has some impact here. plus in washington, we could
as every other part of the trump organization. i m going to explain that coming up. but first steam romo here with the headlines. the stories we re watching this hour as you mentioned that horrificstri of tornados, 30 of them reported ripping through late friday night. kentucky was particularly hard hit. more than 70 people were killed there including dozens who were crushed when a candle factory was toppled by those fierce winds. governor andy besheer declared a state of emergency early saturday morning describing the disaster as the deadliest tornado event in the common welt s history. the death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue crews continue their efforts over the next several days. president biden calling the storms an unbelievable tragedy and calling for support to the more impacted states. more ayman right after this. ds more ayman right after this.