worse, as well. at least 70 people are feared dead in the state. the governor warns that the toll could top 100 and children are among the 12 known dead in warren county. and in tennessee, one person is missing in lake court. four people are dead statewide. the governor believes effective storm warnings kept the numbers from being much higher. we re also hearing from people who had close calls with tornadoes during those storms. cnn caught up with one man who was at home when a tornado did this in mayfield, kentucky. he described what he did when he realized the twister was coming. we got in our closet put some mattresses inside, because it s nothing new to hear tornado warnings around this area. so we was only out on this front porch. and i remember seeing just all the power the last thing i remember, the power just went out, the sky turned pblue, and seen the funnel cloud over that way. i ran inside. i told my other buddies, and
in the distance, some homes essentially sheared in half. the destruction here is really stunning. when we first pulled in, we walk up on to a porch, a concrete porch that is left in tact, but no home attached to it any longer. this depose on for miles. this looks like the epicenter of an explosion that is simply just massive. the medical examiner here in this county, hopkins county, tells us that the tornadoes here killed ten people and that in this area, this is the hardest-hit area of the county. overnight, no power for as far as we can see. this is a sea of darkness, all around us. so many people left homeless that the county has set up c cottages at a nearby state park so people with get some shelter here, especially through these very frigid nights that are expected. as we walk around here, we talk to some people who were rushed here to this scene, who were helping people escape from the debris field. they described pulling people
robert miller described not only the who roar of the storm, but the rush to help other victims in the immediate aftermath. listen to him. we got a closet with put some mattresses inside, because it s nothing new to hear tornado warnings around this area. so we was only out on this front porch, and i remember seeing just all the power the last thing i remember, the power went out, the sky turned pblue, and seen the funnel cloud over that way. i ran inside. i told my other buddy who s in bed, and he s out here trying to finish his cigarette. he barely made it back inside, and that was it. it hit so fast, everything started caving in. it was nuts. right next door, about three houses down, people were screaming. i helped a little old lady out from the rubble. so my first thoughts was everybody else. i checked everybody on the house and, everybody was good. there was a bunch of other people on the other street, five or six people doing cpr on, i