destruction. it went from the western county line all the way to the eastern county line. here in hopkins county. it s unlike any anything the residents have ever seen. that really goes well with what we have heard from residents who survived the direct impact. of the storms. many people who jumped into their basements if they had one. to save their own lives. it was that kind of desperation that so many people here have described to us. they do say it was over in a flash. but it was a level of intensity not just homes toppled over by the storm. but shredded. it s a scene where it really feels like the epicenter of a massively explosive blast. jeff is a resident. whose house was destroyed by the tornado. he s the father of cnn political
missing. the town still doesn t have power. and it could be weeks before it s restored. cnn has the latest now. reporter: the death toll continues to rise here in hopkins county, kentucky. we are in the city. a town of nearly 3,000 people. emergency management officials tell us that two-thirds of the city was decimated by the tornados that ripped through here. on friday night. and this is the destruction that many people are still trying to comb through. at this time. everywhere you look it was a stretch of the emergency official tell us that the storm left a swath of a half mile wide of destruction. that it went from the western county line. all the way to the eastern county line. here in hopkins county. it s unlike anything the residents of this county and community has ever seen. that really goes well with what we have heard from a residents
this is the destruction people are looking into it. the storm left a swath about a half mile wide of destruction that. it went from the western county line all the way to the eastern county line here in hopkins county. it s unlike anything the residents of this county and this community has ever seen. that really goes well with what we have heard from residents who survived the direct impact of these storms. many people jumped into their basements if they had one to save their own lives. it was that kind of desperation that so many people have described to us. they do say it was over in a flash but that it was a level of intensity not just homes toppled over by the storm but simply shredded. this is a scene where it really feels like the epicenter of a massively explosive blast.