TOTAL WRECK Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. AFP PHOTOMAYFIELD, US: Dozens of devastating tornadoes roared through six US states overnight, leaving more than 80 people dead and dozens missing Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in what President Joe Biden said was likely to be "one of the largest" storm outbreaks in American history. Beshear said there were some 110 people working at the candle factory when the storm hit, causing the roof to collapse. "We are at the candle factory in Mayfield... One of the tornadoes hit the Amazon warehouse in the southern Illinois city of Edwardsville, with around 100 workers believed to have been trapped inside.

Source: Manila Times December 12, 2021 22:16 UTC