south late friday and early saturday morning. now, most of the damage was concentrated in these six states. in kentucky alone, governor andy beshear says at least 80 people were killed. homes and businesses now torn to pieces. governor beshear is opening state parks to help house families left homeless and in shock. gone. we have glass broken. all the furniture is torn up. broken. just sad. over the weekend president biden signed a federal emergency disaster declaration for kentucky and fema has sent a housing expert to help work out how to help those in need. in kentucky, just over 26,000 homes and businesses are still without power today. in the southern illinois city of edwardsville, six people died in the collapse of this huge amazon distribution center. that s where we find cnn s polo sandoval live for us this morning. polo, good morning. are authorities still searching for survivors at this hour? bring our viewers up to speed. good morning. reporter: good morning
we ll have incred i believe survival stories as people begin to rebuild. rising covid cases and party scandals leaves boris johnson feeling the heat. and natali bennett visits the united arab emirates. we re live for the historic visit. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, december 13th. we begin with the aftermath of the deadliest december tornado outbreak in u.s. history. dozens of people were killed when powerful tornadoes swept right across the midwest and south. now at this hour crews are still searching for survivors but officials feel the death toll will only rise. we now know at least 50 tornadoes were reported across eight states over the weekend. you can see on your map. on sunday the national weather service confirmed they were ef-3 strength. that means wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour or 266 kilometers per hour. kentucky was the hardest hit by the disaster. governor beshear sa
voter. his first pass ended up was to devonta smith. i think that is so cool. he s been so calm, cool and collected throughout the season. they had really tough moments. brice young has been really impressive. his speech last night was, too. give a shoutout to will anderson. i think he is one of the best pass rushers. he needs credit there. a lot of people think he should have made it as a finalist. he just missed the cut. i am one of those many people. andy scholes, thank you so much. new day special coverage continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, december 13th. i m john berman on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. kaitlyn collins in new york this morning. we do begin with the destruction from at least 50 tornados that ripped through eight states. i m standing right by what used to be an auto glass company. not far behind me, when the lights come up, you will be able to see a post office with
roof there is just gone. and that s what it looks like in mayfield as you go block to block. there is destruction like that across the state of kentucky and across the region. it all started friday night with the first twister touching down in arkansas and striking a nursing home. one person died. the governor called incident a miracle as the swarm of twisters tore a path 20 miles across kentucky. a candle factory was leveled with 110 people working a night shift. it s unclear how many were inside at the time. rescuers crawled over the dead to get to the living, a disaster scene. and we know it smelled like scented candles. eight confirmed dead. eight unaccounted for. in dawson springs, kentucky, the death toll stands at 13. there are still 100 people missing there. home after home destroyed. the mayor estimates 75% of the town is gone and described the scene in one word, chaos. right now more than 50,000 kentucky residents are without power. 18 counties are reporting damag
carley: you are watching fox & friends first, i m carley carly shimkus. . we have more on the federal response expected from the white house. carley: we begin with caroline shibley live on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. good morning. what are you seeing this morning? just terrible you, ashley and carley. this looks like a movie set. it doesn t seem real. you re seeing a sliver of the devastation behind us. this building collapsed on the truck. you can see a bike behind me. that scene goes on for blocks and blocks, for miles and miles, the city of mayfield, kentucky, absolutely decimated, of course at the epicenter of this, the candle factory that was working an overnight shift, 110 people in there, bodies are in there. the governor is worried the death toll in the site could top 100. one tornado was on the ground, i ve got towns that are gone, that are just, i mean, gone. reporter: some of the tornadoes originated in arkansas and that s where we re hearing stories