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across the regions shattered by the storms. plus we re live in italy where emergency teams are searching for survivors after several buildings collapsed many a reported gas leak explosion. we begin with the staggering damage from one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the u.s. in decades. at least 84 people are feared dead after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through several states. the worst of the devastation was in kentucky. the governor says at least 70 people likely died in his state, alone, and it s feared many of those deaths happened inside this candle factory that collapsed in the town of mayfield. more than 100 people were inside when the storm hit, just 40 have been pulled from the rubble. dozens more are unaccounted for.
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and illinois where the roof collapsed in on an amazon warehouse. this will be ongoing for the next several days president biden rushing in federal resources. this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the most deadly tornado believed to have torn through 200 miles across four states, one of the furthest ever recorded tonight, the search for those still missing, stunned survivors now without homes as communities across multiple states face unthinkable loss. our hearts are broken, our families are hurting. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky good evening. the devastation across an enormous area is hard to capture in just one shot. i m in mayfield, kentucky, about two hours northwest of nashville and this post-apocalyptic scene you see is repeated block after block here this is what the candle factory here looked like last year
streaming in from the south, and that collided with an extremely cold air mass to the north. that combined with a powerful jet stream. the jet stream is upper level winds that help steer weather patterns across the planet. where that triple point actually occurred, that is exactly where the storm prediction center had highlighted our greatest threat of severe thunderstorms, super cells that had the capability of produce long-track tornadoes and that s exactly what happened. in fact, they had over 100 tornadoes issued. that s the largest single-day total in the month of december. there were tornadoes that spanned over 200 miles or 320 kilometers. and this is unfortunately a dire record that is likely to be broken, if we see fatalities exceed 100 persons, the potential here exists for this to nudge into the top ten deadliest tornado outbreaks within the united states history. and not to mention, the longest single-track, longest duration single tornado ever recorded as