>> That was 3l for Elie Honig,
thanks, man, appreciate it.
>>> Also this morning, more
extreme weather is still
plaguing the country coast to
coast with tens of millions of
Americans still facing heat
advisories.
In Kentucky, the governor
declaing a state of emergency
after potentially record rain
flooded the state.
This was the scene in Mayfield
in southwest Kentucky, and in
rocky mountain, North Carolina,
a tornado packed 150 miles per
hour winds pummelling a pfizer
pharmaceutical plant and a
twister tore the roof off that
building sending medical and
debris everywhere.
Diane, what are you seeing
there?
>> Reporter: You know, Abby,
here in dor ches, Nash county,
North Carolina, this is where
we're seeing the predominant
amount of damage here from that
ef-3 tornado.
It's things like this, we're
talking about large pieces of
people's homes, nails, shingles,
as though 150 miles per hour
winds ripped through town hall
road where we are right now,
it's only 16 people, we're told,
who were injured.
If you take a look, the stories
of survival from that,
thankfully no one was killed.
There were people inside this
home when the storm came through
here.
Look, according to the national
weather service, this is the
first ef-3 tornado in the month
of July ever to hit north
Carolina.
It went from here in Nash county
through edgecombe county where
there were injuries, damages to
businesses and homes.
According to the mayor this just
all happened so quickly.
>> I don't ever want to see
another one like it again
because it went from sunshine to
pitch black, and I guess this
storm here lasted probably less
than a minute, and you see what
it's done.
>> Reporter: Now, in rocky
mountain, North Carolina, that
pfizer manufacturing plant,
that's the largest employer in
the county.
It also provides more than 25%
of all sterile injectables to
hospitals across the country.
Pfizer says it is still
assessing the damage.
There were no serious injuries,
but the sheriff, Abby, of Nash
county said he had reports of
more than 50,000 pallets of
medicine that were thrown about.
There are transport trucks that
have been damaged as well,
including rain and wind damage.
It's something that here in the
county they're very focused on
because it's an employer but
also what that ripple effect may
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