![Buildings are demolished in downtown Mayfield, Ky., after a tornado](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a20bf94/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2999x1999+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1b%2F7f%2F618b34204a42ac6ede348fa1941f%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345781568892.jpg)
Downtown Mayfield, Ky., on Saturday after a tornado struck.
(Ryan C. Hermens / Associated Press)
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At least 90 people were feared dead — most of them in Kentucky — after a series of tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Southeast, according to state and local officials.
At a news briefing Saturday, President Biden said he had approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky, “and I stand ready to do the same for the governors of the other states.”
![Bogdan Gaicki surveys tornado damage in Mayfield, Ky.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dbb4258/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5568x3712+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fca%2F51%2F8cc62be046e7b6a8d84234b3d792%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237193589.jpg)
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP-Getty Images)
![A man walks near his tornado-damaged home](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/97d76c2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2Ff1%2Fa8af775a4cbd8b6b41cff08a6618%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345755540611.jpg)
Timothy McDill and his tornado-damaged home in Mayfield, Ky.
(Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)
![Bowling Green, Ky., residents look at tornado damage.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44d3306/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5472x3648+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb8%2Fcc%2Fe830642843f8aa9ee26bde6df1f7%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237166696.jpg)
The damage in Bowling Green, Ky.
(Gunnar Word / AFP-Getty Images)
![A car sits on the rubble of a destroyed house after a tornado.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/17cde78/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3872x2581+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2Fc9%2F3125179a48a3b0d9f1074ee524b3%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21346608187263.jpg)
A car rests on the rubble of a destroyed house in Dawson Springs, Ky.
(Michael Clubb / Associated Press)
![People rescue a dog from a pile of rubble](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d9a8f54/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F23%2F2474eddc45b3af64bb9c2ce5dfa4%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345733807724.jpg)
A dog is rescued from a tornado-damaged home in Mayfield, Ky. The rescuers are Derrick Starks, left, Chris Buchanan, center, and Niki Thompson.
(Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)
![This aerial image shows tornado damage.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ade373e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4500x2998+0+0/resize/2000x1332!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2Fd7%2F39729e594904a256a8eb5990ba36%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237197557.jpg)
Destruction in Mayfield, Ky.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP-Getty Images)
![Tamara Yekinni hugs a friend outside a shelter in Wingo, Ky.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/18e40aa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8640x5760+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb5%2Fd4%2F07ee096c432dbe3cf431189d8148%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21346766584327.jpg)
Tamara Yekinni hugs a friend outside a shelter in Wingo, Ky., after residents were displaced by the tornado.
(Robert Bumsted / Associated Press)
![An aerial view of the damage in Mayfield, Ky.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1c69f3e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3869x2579+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd8%2Fa7%2Fc625bb7b442d946d7ed2e69ad02a%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237191517.jpg)
Extensive damage in Mayfield, Ky.
(Tayfun Coskun / Getty Images)
![A man exits apartment through a collapsed wall.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cc4ab6b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F4f%2F04ba396041868585d929345158a2%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345834707778.jpg)
Kenny Sanford exits his mother-in-law’s apartment through a collapsed wall in Mayfield, Ky.
(Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)
![A woman stands in the ruins of her home](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5b6dc07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3872x2583+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fff%2F22%2F5b3b5f214a77a2179a81c4565eea%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21346601280936.jpg)
Dena Ausdorn in the ruins of her home in Dawson Springs, Ky.
(Michael Clubb / Associated Press)
![A woman near the rubble of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/550c00b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5374x3583+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F45%2F76%2F60f5352944529e530e5955f21cac%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237165545.jpg)
A woman walks away from what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory as emergency workers comb through the rubble.
(John Amis / AFP-Getty Images)
![Interior view of tornado damage to a church.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf5acbf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F16%2F8b%2F80b88f1a4c7f878afedeece090cf%2Fla-photos-wap-gettyimages-1237159133.jpg)
Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mayfield, Ky.
(Brett Carlsen / Getty Images)
![Emergency workers dig through the rubble of a factory.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/21689da/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5766x3844+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5b%2Fc9%2F0acb4df84a5db662ecc8d11c65f8%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345636382084.jpg)
Emergency workers dig through the rubble of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory.
(Timothy D. Easley / Associated Press)
![The sun sets over tornado damage in Dresden, Tenn.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/edd5c50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2400+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fef%2F26d81cf84334a12cc3de9399b98d%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345858209830.jpg)
(George Walker IV / Associated Press)
![An aerial view of a collapsed factory.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/088dd5b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5700x3799+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F33%2F0d%2F68b62fe44bbaad13bd4305e0a5fe%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21346050607790.jpg)
A destroyed factory in Mayfield, Ky.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
![First responders check for survivors trapped in homes.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/da36670/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6688x4056+0+0/resize/2000x1213!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2Fea%2F60e8395b4023bc5b9d126515aa4f%2Fla-photos-wap-ap21345702827361.jpg)
The search for survivors in Bowling Green, Ky.
(Grace Ramey / Associated Press)
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