this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden pledges federal aid as tornadoes devastate a string of us states, flattening whole towns and killing at least 70 people: lam i am monitoring the situation very closely since early this morning. this is likely be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. amazon says it s heartbroken , after two of its workers are confirmed dead in a warehouse devastated by a tornado in illinois. the uk faces a substantial wave of omicron infections next month that might overwhelm the national health service that s the stark warning from scientists. foreign ministers from the g7 wealthy countries meet and are unified in their concern over russia s military build up on its border with ukraine.
morning. this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. earlier today i called the governors of the states that have experienced severe impacts of the storm including arkansas, illinois, kentucky, missouri as well as tennessee. i also spoke with minority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky. the governor and i started off the morning together, and he said i was watching on television while talking to him like all of you have, and his comment was it looks like a war zone but worse. jill and i pray, i sincerely mean this, pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those who are uncertain of the fate of their loved ones in the debris that you see scattered all over the hurricanes path. they lost their■ç homes, they lt their businesses, and it s a tragedy. it s a tragedy, and we still don t know how many lives are lost or the full extent of the damage. but i want to emphasize what i
to provide an update on the deadly and devastating tornadoes that have moved and devastating tornadoes that have moved across several states of the central moved across several states of the central united states including tracking central united states including tracking across 227 miles of kentucky, alone. iam monitoring the situation kentucky, alone. iam monitoring the situation closely since early this morning situation closely since early this morning. this is likely to be one of the largest morning. this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. earliertoday the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. earlier today i call the governors history. earlier today i call the governors of the states that had severe governors of the states that had severe impacts including arkansas, iiiinois, severe impacts including arkansas, illinois, kentucky, missouri as well as tennessee. i spoke with minori
tornado outbreaks we ve ever seen and it could likely go down as one of the top ten deadliest tornado outbreaks we ve ever seen in this country. i m watching these pictures and we re desperately trying to get these videos cleared, ali. even while i m talking, ali. go on my twitter account and look at what we will follow. he had a drone and we re just in the works and getting that all done. i don t know if this town of mayfield is going to be the same. it went through the downtown area and it s not just the factory. just a quick glance i d say a quarter of the town, people won t be able to liver in the structures they were living in before, not to mention all of the people in town that probably worked at the factory that doesn t even exist anymore and their jobs don t exist anymore. greensberg, kansas comes to
tornado outbreak wrecked towns across six states and likely killed more than 70 people. kentucky governor andy beshear is calling it one of the darkest days in his state s history. president biden has approved an emergency declaration and says he plans to go to the hard-hit areas. this is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history. the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help. for many in the storm s path, life changed overnight. especially in mayfield, kentucky. houses, offices, places of worship, all once stood here where you re looking on the screen. now, they don t. nearby hospitals are treating patients with chemical burns and crush injuries. crews have rescued 40 people from what s left of a candle factory where 110 people were working when the storm hit. the governor saying it will be a miracle if anyone else is found