Crews search for the missing after devastating tornadoes

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Rescuers are combing through fields of wreckage from Friday night’s devastating tornado outbreak in the Midwest and South.

In Kentucky alone, 22 were confirmed dead by late Saturday, including 11 in and around Bowling Green.

Mayfield, Kentucky, was walloped by the storm and rescue efforts in the city were complicated by the fact that the city’s main fire station and emergency services hub were also hit by the twister.

The death toll stood at 36 across five states, but officials fear more than 100 may have actually died.

The twister carved a track that could rival the longest on record.

In Missouri, Gov. Mike Parson’s office says at least two people in his state have died and hundreds of homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed after the massive Friday night storm.

Parson’s office said a woman was killed at home in St. Charles County northwest of St. Louis and two others were hospitalized.

A young child was killed at home and at least nine people were transported to hospitals in Pemiscot County in the Bootheel region.