survivorsre in there now. i survived this. honey, listen, i m humbling and i m forever grateful. the head of fema and secretary of homeland security both headed to kentucky to help in the recovery effort. the death toll there expected to rise. this event is the worst, most devastating, most deadly tornado event in kentucky s history. a so-called quad-state tornado that was on the ground for hundreds of miles could set new records. that and the time of year have people asking how much did this have to do with climate change? we all know everything is moreow intense when the climates warming, everything, and obviously it has some impact here. plus in washington, we could just be hourssh away from seein the contempt report for mark meadows. what we could look from the commercial committee owes vote tomorrow. good morning. it is sunday, december 12th. i m lindsey reiser. in the central u.s. recovery efforts from the devastating tornadoes continue today. in kentucky al
the tornadoes were spread. they covered a great deal of land across the midwest. about 30 tornadoes known to have touched down. spanning six states. one lone tornado, at least what we think of one lone tornado took a path through four states, covering 250 miles of countryside, including here where i am in western kentucky. according to nbc news, as of this morning, 15 people are confirmed dead in kentucky, but state officials say the number is probably upward of 70. and the majority of those deaths are likely occurring or have likely occurred at the nearby candle factory. it s a place caused mayfield consumer products, it s about eight minutes from where i am right now. there were roughly 110 people working in that factory at time of the storm, at night. the factory, by the way, had been working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to meet christmas demand. only 40 of those 110 who were thought to have been in that building have been located so far. we ll be speaking to one of them
December tornadoes, touching down, even though they re calling it quad state, in six states in a matter of four hours. dozens of people remain missing at this hour. this town is talking about its resilience. take a listen to its mayor, kathy stewart. right now what we need from people who are standing in this room and directly other people is just to pray for us. and we will be fine. it s going to take us a while. we will be fine. well, what took place in this town is being called one of the worst natural disasters that this country has ever witnessed. right now, hundreds of thousands of people in the region are without power. many of them without shelter. i m going to show you some of that in just a couple of moments. let s just discuss the power. it was 23 degrees a couple of hours ago. it s now about 28 degrees here. so it s well below freezing, and there are no traffic lights, there are no street lights, and there is not power going to houses. there s gas lines damaged. it s a