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few minutes. and in western kentucky scenes of destruction are beginning to emerge. the governor says more than 50 deaths are likely from the storm. he s expected to hold a news conference any moment. and we ll bring it to you you when it happens. meanwhile in arkansas at least two people have been killed. one at a dollar general store. and another at a nursing home where 20 others were rescued. and in illinois, emergency crews are searching for people feared trapped inside a damaged amazon warehouse. some family members of those who worked there waiting on word from loved ones. yeah. it was lightning bad. you know, we lost power for about two hours now. and then my phone died. so i have no idea to get ahold of them. i have idea what s going on. we re just worried sick. we just want to know if he s okay. all right. let s bring in meteorologist derek van dam. derek, let s get right to it. what s the latest? all right. these are the nights as a meteorologist you that don

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working inside when the tornado hit. this is in kentucky. but with storms still in the area, and debris everywhere, we will not know the extent of the damage and the casualties for some time. now, kentucky s governor says tornadoes tore through a 200 mile stretch of his state. thousands are without power. many homes are destroyed. and now with the state of emergency declared, the national guard is deployed to the hard-hit areas. this has been one of the toughest nights in kentucky history, and some areas have been hit in ways that are hard to put into words. and as we re sitting here today, this is before daybreak, we believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 kentuckians, probably end up closer to 70 to 100 lost lives. remember, each of these are children of god, irreplaceable to their families and to their communities. meantime, at least one person was killed in nearby northeastern arkansas after a tornado ripped through a nursing home. residents and staff

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a kentucky candle factory. about 110 people were in that factory last night when a tornado hit the area. kentucky s governor says it s likely 50 people died across the state, but he says that number could rise to over 100. we re seeing things that none of us have ever seen before. i went to hurricane katrina several years ago and i ve seen things now i didn t see then. the damage here is undescribable. it s changed the landscape of the city that we know here in mayfield. kentucky s governor andy beshear says that tornadoes cut a 200 mile long path across his state. right now thousands are without power. untold number of homes have been destroyed. and with the state of emergency declared, the national guard is deploying to hard-hit areas. it s one of the toughest nights in kentucky history, and some areas have been hit in ways that are hard to put into words. and as we re sitting here today, this is before daybreak, we believe our death toll from this event will exceed 5

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here s a look at where the governor is talking about, mayfield kentucky in the western part of the state. it s got a population of about 10,000 people. the governor believes 50 people are dead. that number could rise between 70 and 100 statewide. that candle factory, 110 people were inside at the time it was hit. many people no doubt working the second shift. the governor believes dozens could have perished in that building alone. take a look at what this tornado did to the area here, we see cars mangled, just tossed around here, picked up by those strong winds and flung. other cars you see they are really just completely together in a mangled pile of metal, hard to even see exactly what we re looking at here. one of the things that made the storm so dangerous is that the tornados hit when it was dark out. and the governor says people were given advanced warning but also called this a storm unlike anything they ve ever seen. unfortunately, it wasn t just kentucky. take a lo

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