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Chris Kitching & Andrew Bardsley & Matthew Dresch

More than 50 dead and 100 'trapped' in Amazon warehouse as deadly tornadoes batter US

Dozens of people are feared dead as tornadoes battered America.

More than 100 people are believed to be stuck in an Amazon warehouse, in Edwardsville, Illinois, after part of the building came down.

At least 19 violent storms have ripped through central American states, The Mirror reported.

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At least 50 people are likely to have been killed by a tornado which hit southwestern Kentucky, the state's Governor Andy Beshear said.

The Governor declared a state of emergency after the twister caused a wave of damage in the area, levelling a candle factory in the town of Mayfield.

One worker who was in the Mayfield Consumer Products building shared a video on Facebook saying she was 'stuck' behind a wall, and pleaded for help.

In the harrowing video she said: "I don't know who's watching. We got hit by a hurricane. I'm at work in Mayfield and we are trapped.

"Please y'all, give us some help. We are at the candle factory in Mayfield. Please, please. Y'all! Please send us some help. "Somebody please send us some help, we are trapped."

In another video she cried with relief after revealing she had managed to escape.

An Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, collapsed after being hit by the storms, with about 100 people reported to be stuck in the building.

The scene at Mayfield Consumer Products after the building collapsed (Getty Images)

A witness wrote on Twitter: "I just drove through a tornado and watched an @amazon Warehouse collapse in half…

"Prayers for the ones trapped inside. I'm safe."

A woman wrote on Twitter: "Tornado struck the Amazon building where my daughter is a boss.

"She wasn't there and safe thank God but others are.

"There was a roof collapse and people trapped.

The wreckage is cleared at a Amazon warehouse hit by the storms (Getty Images)

"They could use some prayers for the folks at Amazon please."

One person died after a tornado hit a care home in Arkansas.

A further 20 people were trapped inside after the building was destroyed, the emergency services said.

Tornadoes wreaked havoc across a number of US states.

Weather warnings were issued by the US National Weather Service on Friday night covering states including including Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois.

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