MAYFIELD, Ky. (WKRN) – Cleanup continues around the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory after late night tornado destroyed the building on friday night.
New aerial footage from Monday shows massive damage in the Kentucky city of 10,000.
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MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: In this aerial scene, crews clear debris at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory after it was destroyed by a tornado three days earlier, on May 13. December 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many deaths. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: In this aerial scene, crews clear debris at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory after it was destroyed by a tornado three days earlier, on May 13. December 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many deaths. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: In this aerial scene, crews clear debris at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory after it was destroyed by a tornado three days earlier, on May 13. December 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many deaths. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images) -
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY – DECEMBER 13: This aerial view shows homes and businesses severely damaged by a tornado three days earlier, on December 13, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes hit several Midwestern states late on the evening of December 10, causing widespread destruction and many casualties. (Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Governor Andy Beshear said 94 of the 110 Mayfield Candle Factory employees are alive and well explained in time a media briefing on Monday. Eight employees have been confirmed dead and eight others are still missing.
The governor announced Monday that the state’s total death toll from the hurricanes has risen to 74.69 of whom have been identified. At least 109 Kentuckians are still missing.
Kentucky residents in the storm’s path could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday.
“Our infrastructure is so damaged. We don’t have tap water. Our water tower has been lost. Our wastewater management has been lost and there is no natural gas for the city. So we have nothing to lean on,” Mayfield Mayor Kathy Stewart O’Nan said on “CBS Mornings. “So it’s absolutely vital at the moment for a lot of us.”
Maybe the first “four-state” tornado, may have been above ground through parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, leave the path of destruction. It will take several days before the National Weather Service can confirm whether this is a tornado or multiple tornadoes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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