<p>Buildings razed, cars overturned, trees ripped from the ground -- there were end-of-the-world scenes in the small Kentucky town of Mayfield.</p>.<p>Stunned and shaken, its residents on Saturday tried to grasp the extent of the damage caused by a series of tornadoes that swept across six US states, killing more than 80 people.</p>.<p>On Broadway, the main street in this town of 10,000 people, old red brick buildings that were once a source of local pride were shattered by the storm.</p>.<p>The city courthouse lost a part of its roof, as well as its tower and clock.</p>.<p>Two nearby churches were badly damaged. One of them was missing a roof.</p>.<p>Mitchell Fowler's restaurant was a family business for nearly four decades until the tornado destroyed it.</p>.<p>The windows were blown out, the kitchen damaged, the roof torn off, and a section of the exterior wall fell.</p>.<p>On Friday, after a tornado warning from local authorities, Fowler closed the restaurant around 8 pm, told his employees to go home and set off for his own home some 8 miles (13 kilometers) outside town.</p>.<p>"Before I got home, it was gone," Fowler said of the restaurant.</p>.<p>"This was my restaurant, a family business for 38 years, I raised my family here, all my kids work here. It's devastating," Fowler told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>With power out in some parts of Mayfield, Fowler spent Saturday donating food that would have gone bad in his refrigerators.</p>.<p>"We are trying to help people in need," he said.</p>.<p>Fowler did get some good news.</p>.<p>One of his brothers-in-law was among the 100 employees trapped inside a local candle factory after its roof collapsed during the storm.</p>.<p>He was pulled from the rubble Saturday morning.</p>.<p>"He is alive, he's in the hospital," Fowler said. "We are safe, we are good and God is still in control."</p>.<p>The candle factory was also a family business and work was in full swing there as the holidays approached.</p>.<p>Emergency responders combed through the wreckage on Saturday, removing bodies, according to an <em>AFP</em> photographer on the scene.</p>.<p>Forty people have been rescued, but hopes were dimming for those still trapped.</p>.<p>"It'll be a miracle if anybody else is found alive," Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told reporters earlier Saturday.</p>.<p>Fowler, 70, said he will not be rebuilding his business and instead will retire.</p>.<p>Next to his restaurant, dozens of cars lay upside down or turned to the side.</p>.<p>Old green and white cars were miraculously left intact by the storm, but the roof of the garage that housed them was gone.</p>.<p>The tornado wreaked havoc over a strip about a kilometer wide, crossing the city from west to east.</p>.<p>Torn electric poles littered the ground.</p>.<p>"It looks like a bomb has exploded in our community," Mayfield resident Alex Goodman told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"We knew it was coming, but we did not have anywhere to go," said David Norseworthy, 69, a resident who works in construction.</p>.<p>"We never had anything like this here."</p>.<p>His house, a few blocks from the city center, no longer had a roof or a porch, but the family was spared.</p>.<p>"We stood at the shelter for about seven minutes, and it was over. Come and gone that fast," Norseworthy said.</p>.<p>"We knew it was coming, but we did not have anywhere to go. We never had anything like this here."</p>.<p>Emergency responders cleared the roads for traffic, but heaps of rubble remained piled near the sidewalks, making driving slow and difficult.</p>.<p>Volunteers were distributing water, food, diapers, and warm clothes to residents ahead of what meteorologists said would be a cold night.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Buildings razed, cars overturned, trees ripped from the ground -- there were end-of-the-world scenes in the small Kentucky town of Mayfield.</p>.<p>Stunned and shaken, its residents on Saturday tried to grasp the extent of the damage caused by a series of tornadoes that swept across six US states, killing more than 80 people.</p>.<p>On Broadway, the main street in this town of 10,000 people, old red brick buildings that were once a source of local pride were shattered by the storm.</p>.<p>The city courthouse lost a part of its roof, as well as its tower and clock.</p>.<p>Two nearby churches were badly damaged. One of them was missing a roof.</p>.<p>Mitchell Fowler's restaurant was a family business for nearly four decades until the tornado destroyed it.</p>.<p>The windows were blown out, the kitchen damaged, the roof torn off, and a section of the exterior wall fell.</p>.<p>On Friday, after a tornado warning from local authorities, Fowler closed the restaurant around 8 pm, told his employees to go home and set off for his own home some 8 miles (13 kilometers) outside town.</p>.<p>"Before I got home, it was gone," Fowler said of the restaurant.</p>.<p>"This was my restaurant, a family business for 38 years, I raised my family here, all my kids work here. It's devastating," Fowler told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>With power out in some parts of Mayfield, Fowler spent Saturday donating food that would have gone bad in his refrigerators.</p>.<p>"We are trying to help people in need," he said.</p>.<p>Fowler did get some good news.</p>.<p>One of his brothers-in-law was among the 100 employees trapped inside a local candle factory after its roof collapsed during the storm.</p>.<p>He was pulled from the rubble Saturday morning.</p>.<p>"He is alive, he's in the hospital," Fowler said. "We are safe, we are good and God is still in control."</p>.<p>The candle factory was also a family business and work was in full swing there as the holidays approached.</p>.<p>Emergency responders combed through the wreckage on Saturday, removing bodies, according to an <em>AFP</em> photographer on the scene.</p>.<p>Forty people have been rescued, but hopes were dimming for those still trapped.</p>.<p>"It'll be a miracle if anybody else is found alive," Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told reporters earlier Saturday.</p>.<p>Fowler, 70, said he will not be rebuilding his business and instead will retire.</p>.<p>Next to his restaurant, dozens of cars lay upside down or turned to the side.</p>.<p>Old green and white cars were miraculously left intact by the storm, but the roof of the garage that housed them was gone.</p>.<p>The tornado wreaked havoc over a strip about a kilometer wide, crossing the city from west to east.</p>.<p>Torn electric poles littered the ground.</p>.<p>"It looks like a bomb has exploded in our community," Mayfield resident Alex Goodman told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"We knew it was coming, but we did not have anywhere to go," said David Norseworthy, 69, a resident who works in construction.</p>.<p>"We never had anything like this here."</p>.<p>His house, a few blocks from the city center, no longer had a roof or a porch, but the family was spared.</p>.<p>"We stood at the shelter for about seven minutes, and it was over. Come and gone that fast," Norseworthy said.</p>.<p>"We knew it was coming, but we did not have anywhere to go. We never had anything like this here."</p>.<p>Emergency responders cleared the roads for traffic, but heaps of rubble remained piled near the sidewalks, making driving slow and difficult.</p>.<p>Volunteers were distributing water, food, diapers, and warm clothes to residents ahead of what meteorologists said would be a cold night.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>