news on the escalating loss of life and property after at least 50 tornadoes pummeled parts of the south and midwest. the kentucky governor announcing that the state s death toll is now up to 74 with 109 people still unaccounted for. let s go to cnn s ed lavandera from dawson springs, kentucky, one of the devastated areas that president biden plans to tour on wednesday. the mayor estimates, what, 75% of the town is now gone. what more are you seeing on the ground? reporter: think about that statistic here, as this city begins the process of figuring out what the future is going to look like. we re told that the death toll in hopkins county, which is where dawson springs is, and we re in the neighborhood hardest hit in this county, is 13. the last victim that we know about that was pulled from the rubble was in this apartment complex you see behind us. many this neighborhood, a number
governor andy beshear telling cnn this morning that the list of people still missing is roughly eight pages long, single-spaced. we want to take you now to dawson springs. that s where we find cnn s ed lavandera. describe to us what you re seeing and what you re experiencing there. reporter: hey, boris. well, the search and rescue operations have continued throughout the day. the sun is close to setting once again on this small community of nearly 3,000 people. and the buzz is starting to taper off. but throughout the day we have seen search and rescue k-9 teams going through. and they have made more depressing discoveries here. the death toll in this county in hopkins county where dawson springs is was ten. we are told now by the medical examiner the death toll is now 12. this is the devastation that so many people are seeing. you might see down there at the bottom of the hill that there s a gentleman walking around.