When the tornado tore through Mayfield, Kentucky, overnight, it left a mourning community in ruins — flattening a candle factory with over 100 workers inside, destroying a fire station and cutting off power and water for miles.
and could have left fatalities across 10 counties or more.
"It's heavy machinery. ... It's the building that's flattened. It's cars from the parking lot that is on top of it. It's huge metal drums, even ones with corrosive chemicals that were inside. It's ... pretty awful to witness," Beshear said.
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