we begin with the staggering damage wrought by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the u.s. in decades. search and rescue efforts are set to wrap up in the coming hours after dozens of tornados ripped through six u.s. states. at least 84 people are feared dead. kentucky bore the bankrupt of the devastation and the small town of mayfield was nearly leveled by the storm. homes and businesses all reduced to piles of rubble in mere moments. the storm also flattened this candle factory in mayfield. more than 100 people were working inside when the storm hit, and dozens are still unaccounted for. and this video, it gives you a sense of the scale of those tornados. this was taken friday night in southeastern missouri. while it's unclear if this is the same tornado that hit mayfield, it appears to have touch down along the very same path. the mayor of mayfield says that her town now looks like matchsticks, and the human toll is not yet known. cnn's brynn gingras is there. >> reporter: waking up this morning, kentucky's governor fears the death toll in this state could rise past 100. it's the worst devastation that this state has ever seen. take a look behind me at what we're looking, just in the center of this town of mayfield, it's hard to tell what these buildings actually were. they have all just been decimated. we're talking about for miles. in fact, as my crew was driving into this town on a four-lane highway, the second we saw the sign that said "welcome to mayfield," it's like we entered a completely different world. nothing is recognizable. a candle factory not far from where we are with over 100 employees working around the clock to meet christmas time demand that building is a pile of rubble. one worker telling cnn they were warned. some got out safe. about 40 rescued as of yesterday, according to the governor. others among those feared dead. fema teams are in the state and efforts to find those lost is going to continue later today. we're hearing from a woman who eventually was rescued from that candle factory. she was stuck under a pile of rubble, losing feeling in her toes, growing more and more worried. at some point she started broadcasting on facebook live, accom asking for help. >> we are trapped. please, y'all, get us some help. we're at the candle factory in mayfield. please. please. y'all, y'all, please send us some help. somebody please send us some help. we are trapped. the wall is stuck on me. nobody can get to us. y'all, please. we can't move. andrea, calm down. whoo. y'all, please, y'all, pray for us. trying to get somebody to come and help us. >> and the woman heard on that facebook live call is kiana parsons perez, a storm survivor. she was in a storm shelter with other employees at a candle factory in mayfield, kentucky, when the storm hit. she joins us now. kiana, thank you for joining us on cnn. >> thank you. >> you were trapped under at least five feet of rubble, and kiana, you managed to survive. but how are you doing, and how are you feeling right now? >> right now, i'm extremely tired. i probably slept a total of an hour, hour and a half. i've been busy. there's been so many people calling. people wanting to check in. just a lot going on. and i haven't had a chance to sleep. i'm really, really tired. and still sore. >> kiana, when you were trapped, you made this desperate plea for help on facebook live. you said, the wall is stuck on me. how did it feel at that moment, just pinned under that debris? >> i said the wall is stuck on me because the wall had fallen on me. and that felt horrible. it was terrifying. it was -- it was -- i can't even think of any other words to describe it. it was a very terrifying experience. >> we hear that the terror in the voice of your colleagues around you in that facebook live video. we hear them moaning, wailing. were you able to talk to each other during that time when you were trapped? support each other? >> yes, we talked to each other quite a bit. trying to keep each other calm. letting each other know how we were doing. someone breathing, maneuvering our way around and out. we talked together to figure out what we were doing, what we should do. even at one point somebody was moving around towards my foot. and whatever they was doing was causing pain to my ankle. i'm like, please, stop, whoever's doing that. so they stopped. we were in communication. but one thing i'm realizing, where we were, although all of us was in the same area, the way that the ceiling and the building collapsed on us, it kind of divided us. >> yes, you were calling out to each other, so at least you could hear one another during that moment. >> uh-huh. >> tell us about the moment when you were rescued. who pulled you guys out? >> well, the first person i know to pull us out, there was a gentleman, inmate in grimes county, i don't know his name. and my supervisor, his name is sa sammy. sammy was working hard because his wife was in there with us, she couldn't breathe, she wasn't doing well. he was working. they pulled another co-worker of mine, they pulled her out. once they pulled her out, they were able to move other people around. and then they just start getting people out. and we started getting the drywall, all the debris that was around us. because we couldn't do anything to what was above us, it was too heavy. it was too dangerous to move what was above us. so we moved what was under us to kind of give us more space from the bottom. and then people were able to get out. >> when you were able to get out and you stepped out, then you looked back at what was left of your factory after the storm, what was that like? what did you see? >> i watched an interview earlier today, and the man said, he was a storm chaser, and he said that it looked like a landfill. that's exactly what it looked like. it just was completely demolished and was gone. >> are you hopeful that the community there in mayfield will come together right now to rise and rebuild? >> definitely. definitely. i've never seen a community go through something like this and they don't come together. and along with the surrounding communities to come in to help to rebuild. because, i mean, in kentucky, you know, i'm from illinois. and so here, it's everybody -- you know, down south they have that southern hospitality. so it's family. everybody helps each other. so i'm not -- i don't doubt that that's going to happen with this instance, because it already has happened. it's already beginning. people are getting resources, water, toiletries. they need all these things, all these things. >> kiana, we know it's been a long, long night for you. i want to thank you. we also want to send strength and prayers to you, your family, your colleagues. thank you so much for sharing your story with us. >> thank you. you have a wonderful night. >> it's hard to overstate just how extensive the damage is in mayfield and the monumental task facing emergency workers there. cnn spoke with the county coroner on saturday. he says, despite decades on the job, he never expected this kind of disaster in his own community. >> have you ever seen anything like this in your career as a coroner? >> no. no, sir. i've been doing this 20 years with the coroner's office. we deal with all types of death. but like i said, this is something you don't think's going to happen in your own community. you just can't take things for granted. >> let's bring in our meteorologist derek van dam. he joins us live from the cnn weather center. derek, i read that it's pretty unusual to have tornados during such cold weather. so what is happening here? what is whipping up these extreme storms? >> people don't normally associate december, which is the northern hemisphere winter, with tornados. but we do see tornados in the month of december across the u.s. we average about 23. but to put this severe weather outbreak into perspective, just in a 24-hour period we experienced over 30 touchdowns of twisters across the central and ear united states. several wind reports and large hail reports as well. we had record high temperatures streaming in from the north in the extremely cold air, excuse me, from the north, and record warmth from the south. there's also a strong jet stream in the upper levels of the atmosphere. this kind of triple point, confluence of all these factors, the ingredients necessary to create that severe weather outbreak right where the storm prediction center that is forecast. that bull's-eye friday night. that is exactly where the most tumultuous weather took place. over 100 tornado warnings were issued during that severe weather outbreak. that is a record from the national weather service in the month of december. there was also several long-track tornados, one of which spanned over 320 kilometers. this could set a u.s. record. it traversed over four states. that is absolutely incredible. and a dire statistic here is if we finally start to realize the actual fatality levels here in the coming days, this is the potential to nudge into the top ten deadliest u.s. tornado disasters. the national weather service will go out and individually investigate each tornado that touched down to determine how strong it actually was. some of the preliminary reports showing winds in excess of 250 kilometers per hour. that makes it what is called an ef-3 tornado. that is an enhanced fujita scale. that is a scale that we use to show the destruction of the wind associated with tornados. but believe me, it actually goes higher than ef-3. you can see ef-4 to ef-5, which obviously corresponds to devastating to catastrophic damage with winds in excess of 322 kilometers per hour. analyzing the satellite imageries we got, the candle factory, this is actually looking down from space. this is consistent with ef-4 and ef-5 winds. so it's not out of the realm of possibility to see that being registered as a powerful, one of the most powerful storms on the planet. >> wow. the before and after satellite photos, stark and unsettling. derek van dam, thank you so much for your reporting, for sharing all that data with us. and to our viewers, you can help. you can help those in need after these deadly weather events. go to cnn.com/impact and find verified ways to find help for the victim of these tornados. cnn.com/impact. g7 foreign ministers are meeting for a second day in england, hoping the threat of harsh economic sanctions will deter russia from invading ukraine. we've got a live report from liverpool next. political headaches keep on coming for british prime minister boris johnson. he takes a big slide in the polls over allegations of holiday parties that broke covid rules. sore throat lozenges.asoothe show your sore throat who's boss. new mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. 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would happen if russian forces invade ukraine. take a listen. >> i've made it absolutely clear to president putin, it's the last thing i'll say, that if he moves on ukraine, the economic consequences for his economy are going to be devastating. devastating. number one. number two, we will find it required that we'll have to send more american and nato troops into the eastern flank, benin, all those nato countries where we have a sacred obligation, to defend them against any attack by russia. number three, the impact of all of that on russia and its attitude to the rest of the world, the view of russia will change markedly. they'll pay a terrible price. >> a senior state department employee will travel to moscow to get the russian view of the situation then consul with officials in brussels. nick, there's talk of more convergence between the u.s. and allies. is that going to translate into a unified response if russia moves on ukraine? >> it is. there was not planned to be a specific russia/ukraine statement coming from the g7. there was planned a more general all-encompassing statement about the outcome of this meeting. however, there is now going to be what we're being told is a specific statement on russia and ukraine to purposefully show that strength of unity and resolve, we're being told. foreign ministers here are fired up on the issue, that there is full support and agreement about the type of sanctions that could be placed on russia, that these would be quantifiably and orders of magnitude different to the level of sanctions placed on russia, to the point that they could have an economic spill-over and impact on some of the european partners here. so that convergence is definitely arriving as we understand. we've just seen the british foreign center who's hosting this talks, minutes before her, u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, going into the talks as well. today is not so much the focus on russia, it's more on the asean members who will be joining. there will be focus as well on owe covid and health issues, china obviously in the afternoon. but this convergence on the issue of russia and the potential for troops -- its troops going into ukraine, yes, a strong message from here expected. >> so more on this convergence. as the g7 puts on this united front, to warn of consequences, how is russia responding? >> reporter: the russian embassy in the uk, obviously the uk hosting this g7, responded to comment busy the british foreign secretary, liz truss in the lead-up to the summit. they're rit criticizing her for making this what they're essentially saying, for all intents and purposes, a fake argument. russia, they say, have no intentions, their words, of putting its troops inside ukraine. they say the russian embassy says that it's actually the civil war in ukraine that is boiling up at the moment and that's a cause for concern. they say it's the british and other nato members who are pushing their troops towards russia's borders and estonia, poland, part of a small number, a few hundred troop commitment to nato on its eastern flank. russia is pointing to this. for russia's perspective, britain is out of line, out of step, doesn't get the reality. the reality inside this meeting is that russia is perceived to have close to 100,000 troops with the capability of crossing swiftly into ukraine. the resolve here has been to have a response that could be very swift and very economically damaging to russia. so russia understands the costs of the consequences. does this g7 have russia's attention? clearly it does, although they refuse the terms of it. >> nic robertson reporting live from liverpool, thank you. we are following developing news from a devastated town on the italian island of sicily. emergency teams are searching for survivors after several buildings collapsed. the italian news agency, ensa, reports a gas leak explosion destroyed three houses and damaged four more. fire officials say at least two people were killed and others are missing. ro barbie nadeau joins us from rome. the video is gut wrenching to see. a number of buildings collapsed, a number of residents are missing. what have you learned? >> reporter: it is a devastating event. they've got at least seven people still missing. this is a small town, a close-knit community on the island of sicily, not far from the seaside. people were ready for the holidays there. everybody's gathering, everybody's happy. and this devastating explosion kind of late in the evening, it has really shocked the community. we've left hand learning there are about 50 people left homeless. they can't go back to their homes because of damage. we've seen some incredible footage of the damage to the homes near where this explosion took place. and they're blaming a gas leak, but they don't know yet what set it off. it could have been some sort of movement of the soil. it's a highly seismic area. but the mayor had called out for anybody to come and help, bring shovels, bring anything they can. because in these small towns, they don't have large fire departments, they don't have a lot of heavy equipment to move rubble. so they had to wait a little while to bring some of that equipment in. they're saying that every half hour they're stopping the search to listen to see if they can hear anybody underneath that rubble. a man and a woman so far confirmed dead. two women have been pulled out alive. there are at least seven people they're still searching for. they say no children are among the missing but they're still searching for seven people. >> what more can you tell us about this general area where this disaster took place? >> this is the southern part of sicily, a popular tourist area with greek ruins. these small communities in sicily are very tight-knit across italy, in sicily especially, these smaller towns everybody knows everybody, everybody knows who's home, everybody knows if you've got visitors or friends over. they have a good idea 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"cnn newsroom." homes, buildings, lives ravaged by a string of horrific there weres that tore through the central u.s. more than 30 twisters, possibly the largest tornado outbreak the u.s. has ever seen. officials fear more than 80 people were killed, but the final death toll is not yet known. as communities start to come to grips with the tragedy, the white house is responding as well. arlette saenz reports. >> reporter: president biden says he plans to visit the communities devastated by a string of tornados over the weekend, predicting it may be the largest outbreak of tornados in american history. the president said he will not travel to those regions until he knows that his presence there will not hinder from rescue and recovery efforts. the president has said his heart aches for those who have lost loved ones, those who still do not know where their family members are, and also the rescue teams and first responders working on the scene. the president has pledged federal assistance, approving an emergency declaration for the state of kentucky. he has also said that he will offer more federal assistance if the states feel that they need it. but take a listen to the president talking about a possible visit to see and survey this damage firsthand. >> i started off this morning with the governor of kentucky and offered to -- i said i'll be happy to come, but i don't want to be in the way. when a president shows up, he shows up with an awful lot of personnel. an awful lot of vehicles, an awful lot of -- we can get in the way unintentionally. so what i'm working with the governor of kentucky and others who may want me to be there is make sure we are value-added at the time and we're not going to get in the way of the rescue and recovery. but i will -- i do plan on going. >> reporter: while no timeline has been laid out for a possible presidential visit, sunday the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, and the fema administrator will visit the region to survey damage as they are looking to offer federal support, as so many communities are reeling after these storms. >> as you heard in arlette's report, president biden is sending emergency help to states affected by the deadly tornados. cnn's pam brown spoke with the head of fema, the federal emergency management agency, and asked when that aid might arrive. >> where i am in mayfield, kentucky, this town is decimated. how long do you think the recovery will be and in a place like where i am right now? >> we know that the devastation from these storms is getting more intense and the recovery can take a long time. but the federal government, fema, is going to be there working with the commonwealth of kentucky as we start to rebuild and talk about how we can rebuild more resilient, perhaps, in the future. >> reporter: yes, recovery can take a long time, but how long? last week "the new york times" published an article on how victims of hurricane ida in louisiana last august are still waiting for aid from fema. the authors write, quote, as climate change contribute ts more punishing natural disasters aacross the country, federal agencies have repeatedly failed to provide temporary housing swiftly in their wake, exposing wide gaps in disaster policy. lieutenant general russell honore helped new orleans get back on its feet after katrina, author of "leadership in the new normal," thank you for joining us. in america right now it is winter, it is cold. weather is a huge factor in this disaster response. what do affected communities need right now? >> well, right now, the search and rescue is still in process. they still have buildings they have not cleared yet. with suspected survivors. and that has to be completed and made clear by the first responders. at the same time, the temperature's dropped, it's cold and rainy there, just dismay be. so it's up to the first responders now and neighbors helping neighbors. once this is over with, you'll find out a lot of people's lives that were saved by people who live to the left and the right to helped each other crawl out of the rubble. but it is a search and rescue mission until it's declared complete and they'll go to some of the response tasks of finding temporary housing, holtz, trailers, and individual assistance that fema is well practiced at. but we're going to have to move with speed, because unlike the hurricane we had a few months ago, ida, it was warm weather and people literally camped out in tents on their property. they will not be able to do that in kentucky and survive. so they'll need a massive influx of temporary housing and housing approval by fema in the coming hours so people can seek shelter in safe places. >> as you just said, right now the response is local. it's neighbors helping neighbors. but a federal response is needed fast. so how fast can fema and other federal agencies provide help to these devastated communities? >> well, as of tonight, three hours ago, i listened to a fema administrator, who is doing a good job, but they had not approved individual assistance. that is where people can call a fema number, get cash into their bank account so they take care of themselves, and go to a hotel area that's designated, or any hotel, and use a fema voucher. because people are going to need temporary housing. the grid is broken in most places where this tornado went through. so people that homes may have survived, they're going to have to evacuate because they can't live in the town because of the debris. and the grid, meaning the electricity, the water, the internet, all -- gas, all of that is broken. so they need to get individual assistance started. but as of four hours ago, fema had not approved individual assistance that provide those services. right now they are evacuating people to mass shelters. and they need to start getting them into temporary shelters like hotels. >> this is the worrying point. because fema appears to be overwhelmed. three months after hurricane ida, residents are still waiting for fema housing. can fema deliver urgent assistance in the wake of these tornados in a timely way? >> timeliness is the issue. you touched on -- hurricane ida hit, and it's been four months plus, and we still have citizens that don't have trailers yet. so we've got to move faster. it's very sequential, very documented, but they're going to have to uber-ize, if i may use that term, that vernacular, the recovery operations. because it's too slow. too much documentation, too many contractors between fema and the homeowners, too much discussion with insurance companies. the majority of people end up being told no and not getting anything from fema. >> yeah, and we just heard from a fema representative that the devastation in general is getting more intense, recovery can take a long time. the issue of climate change whipping up more punishing storms. is that going to make it even harder for federal agencies to help? >> yeah, it does not have the manpower to deal with climate change. a lot of improvements were done to fema after hurricane katrina. then when -- '17 when we had four hurricanes come in a row, fema got overmatched again. all of that is a result of climate change, those four hurricanes. and we saw this year in hurricane ida, while the response was very targeted, they were still dealing with hurricane laura which hit a year earlier where people had not gotten the resolve from the damages to their homes. they are overwhelmed and they're going to have to add the capacity to fema to deal with recovery. because right now, as you talk to a lot of citizens, recovery is a living hell dealing with fema and insurance companies. we have to find a better way to do that under the "build back better" plan or that concept that president biden speaks of. but fema is slow to respond to those changes. then the congress got to dictate those changes. there are 12 committees in congress that tell fema what to do. that unto itself is complicated. we need to streamline and uber-ize this and get this moving. because we're still using too many last-century techniques and tactics at fema to deal with these repetitive, more frequent climate change-type events. >> and upgrade in response is desperately needed, especially in this era of climate change. sir, thank you so much for joining us. we thank you for your insight. >> and god bless those first responders and the survivors. we're all praying for them. figure out a way how you can help others through donations. thank you. >> absolutely. thank you. we can and you can help those in need after these deadly tornados. go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find verified ways to provide help for tornado victims. cnn.com/impact. there's much more ahead on cnn, including fears that falling temperatures in the u.s. could mean a cold weather covid surge is on the horizon. look, serena williams... matrix... serena... matrix... serena... matrix... ♪ t your tv together with the 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half have been in midwestern states like michigan and ohio. the delta variant is still the dominant strain in the u.s., but the omicron variant has been detected in at least 27 states as of friday. new coronavirus cases have been surging across europe in recent weeks, driven in part by the omicron variant and in england, plan "b" restrictions are going into effect. masks are now mandatory in most public venues. work-from-home guidance begins monday. parliament is set to vote tuesday on requiring covid passes at nightclubs and large venues. the european union rolls out vaccines for children ages 5 and up this week. both pfizer and moderna vaccines are approved. south africa plans to roll out boosters for eligible residents by the end of the month. david mckenzie joins me live from johannesburg. what is the latest on the government response to delta and omicron? >> reporter: i think they're looking at a wait-and-see approach. the president is meeting with his command council this week, then they might bring in stricter measures. up until this point, two-some weeks since this was identified, you've seen an increase in cases but it hasn't really been met with a catastrophic increase in hospitalizations. so they've taken a measured approach at this point. >> in south africa where the omicron variant was first detected, has there been any sign of more severe illness caused by this virus? >> no, at this stage there hasn't been any sign of that. in fact, the opposite in many ways has been the case. just speaking to ambulance workers, doctors, heads of hospitals over the last few days, they've been telling me, well, they sense this is less severe. whether it's because of underlying immunity or vaccinations, they're not clear yet. but people are staying shorter in hospital, fewer on hyperoxygen and on ventilators. and the hospitals have seen an increase but not a dramatic increase. so the next few weeks could be critical, but there are some tentative signs this variant may be less severe, in fact. >> very encouraging to hear. what about the vaccination picture? a lack of vaccines was a factor in cooking up this new variant. have we seen any movement to get more jabs in more arms across africa? >> reporter: in south africa, just under 40% of people have been fully vaccinated. across the continent, as you know, there is a lack of access to vaccines and some level of hesitancy in many countries. so that's a mixed picture. and the fear is that more variants could develop in the coming months, as was predicted. none of this really is a major surprise. what is a surprise is the level of mutations on this particular variant. but at this stage, it's not translating into a worse clinical situation. that being said, a notable research group in the uk said that their models predict that omicron could lead to more hospitalizations per day than the last wave in the uk. but i have to say, that doesn't really mesh with the on-the-ground situation we're seeing right now here in south africa. but we're going to have to wait and see over the next few weeks whether that bears out. >> david, thank you so much for monitoring the situation for us. david mckenzie reporting live in johannesburg, thank you. you're watching "cnn newsroom. still ahead, a landmark launch for jeff bezos and his space company blue origin. that journey to the edge of space is next. nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virirus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. welcome back. the u.s. rapper megan thee stallion didn't miss a beat as she stepped on a different kind of stage. you can say she brought down the house as she walked up to receive her college diploma on saturday. the rapper graduated from texas southern university in houston with a degree in health administration, pursuing her college degree while continuing her music career. megan is a grammy-winning artist whose best songs include "savage" and "hot girl summer." six lucky passengers got to be part of blue origin's latest liftoff to suborbital flight, and their once-in-a-lifetime joyride to the edge of space marked blue origin's first fully occupied flight. cnn's rachel crane reports from the launch site in texas. >> reporter: this is the rocket booster that blasted these six passengers to space on blue origin's third crewed launch. the whole journey lasted just ten minutes and 13 seconds, but it was the ride of a lifetime. >> it was a mind trip when all of a sudden you feel your body going like this you undo your belt, you're floating. then you're back in a belt, back at earth. i'm going to sit at work tomorrow saying, i did go to space yesterday. you want to be floating again. you want more of it. >> laura was 12 when her father, alan shepard, made his historical suborbital flight, becoming the first american in space. she told me the journey aboard "new shepard," named after her father, was a long time coming and allowed her to experience a little bit some of his adventures. >> way back when in '61, i was grateful that i had been a girl, because i don't know how i would have followed in daddy's footsteps. so i finally did it. it was wonderful. >> reporter: the panes passed the carmen line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, and experienced about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule made a parachuted landing back on earth. reusability is at the core of blue origin's space strategy and this was the fifth flight of this vehicle. they celebrated with champagne showers and hugs from loved ones. they told me they are still processing the fact that they are now astronauts and the impact this will have on them moving forward. i'm kristie lu stout in hong kong. thank you for spending part of your day with me and the team. my colleague, kim brunhuber, will be picking up proceedings from here. first, some of the heartbreaking and emotional images from those devastating nighttime tornados across the 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