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
devastate bid those historic tornadoes. tell us what you re seeing around you. reporter: it s really stunning here in mayfield. no matter how many places you have seen that have been hit by a tornado, it s just this really stretches out this entire town, you come over a hill from the highway, as i did early this morning, and it s shocking. when you first see it, just the level of devastation, the department of homeland security, and fema chiefs are in western kentucky, also assessing the damage. the storm moved from several states. more than 300 national guard troops searching for survivors there. in kentucky, the death toll is 65. the governor told me last hour, he unfortunately expects that number to climb. officials believe that the tornado that touchdown down here in mayfield was on the ground in the state continuously for at least 128 miles. here s the governor s last hour. we are used to tornadoes that rip off the roofs of our houses, and this one exploded every hou
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