Kentucky tornado leaves thousands without power, at least 64 dead

Tornadoes ripped through large portions of the Midwest on Friday and left massive destruction in their path.

Kentucky was hit with the worst of the storm; at least 64 people died in the state.

“Our infrastructure is so damaged. We have no running water. Our water tower was lost. Our wastewater management was lost, and there’s no natural gas to the city. So we have nothing to rely on there,” Mayfield Mayor Kathy Stewart O’Nan said on “CBS Mornings.”

“So that is purely survival at this point for so many of our people.”

President Biden is expected to tour the damage in Kentucky on Wednesday.

See photos of the damage below.

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A car sits in the debris caused by a tornado in Bowling Green, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. A monstrous tornado killed dozens of people in Kentucky and the toll was climbing Saturday after severe weather ripped through at least five states, leaving widespread devastation. (AP Photo/Michael Clubb)

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In this photo taken by a drone, buildings are demolished in downtown Mayfield, Ky., on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, after a tornado traveled through the region Friday night. A monstrous tornado killed dozens of people in Kentucky and the toll was climbing Saturday after severe weather ripped through at least five states, leaving widespread devastation. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

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A dog owner, left, Chris Buchanan, center and Niki Thompson, right rescue Cheyenne from wreckage in Mayfield, Kentucky . (Photo AP)

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Stephanie Muehling comforts a horse that was rescrued from inside a collapsed barn in Charles County, Missouri on Dec. 10 . (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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An overturned school bus, cars and other debris wrecked by tornadoes . (Photo Gerald Herbert AP)

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A car wrecked by a tornado sits on top of another car in Bowling Green, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. A monstrous tornado killed dozens of people in Kentucky and the toll was climbing Saturday after severe weather ripped through at least five states, leaving widespread devastation. (AP Photo/Michael Clubb)

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Workers searching for survivors in a collapsed factory on Dec. 11 in Mayfield Kentucky . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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An Amazon distribution center is heavily damaged after a strong thunderstorm moved through the area Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill. Tornadoes and severe weather were blamed for several deaths and injuries across parts of the Midwest and the South as a storm system caused significant damage at a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois, a nursing home in Arkansas, and numerous homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Chad Thomas and his best friend Dave Courtney salvage possessions for Chad’s mother’s destroyed home, in the aftermath of tornadoes that tore through the region in Mayfield, Kentucky . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Martha Thomas salvages Christmas decorations from her destroyed home in the aftermath of tornandes that tore through Mayfield, Kentucky . (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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A large semi trailer is flipped over and pushed against a building in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as a storm system tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. (AP Photo/Dylan T. Lovan)

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A car sits among the remains of a destroyed house after a tornado in Dawson Springs, Kentucky . (AP Photo/Michael Clubb)

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Rick Vincent reads a sign placed on a pile of building rubble as he stops work at the end of the day on Sunday in Mayfield, Kentucky. A retired teacher, he came to Mayfield to volunteer to help the cleanup effort after tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across several states Friday . (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)