As a powerful tornado moved toward Laurel County late Friday, Zach Wilson drove through the storms to get to his parents. Inside their home, David and Edwina Wilson were hoping to get to the bathtub before the tornado hit.

Aerial video footage from areas in the South and Midwest, including Kentucky, show a trail of destruction left by devastating storms and tornadoes.

Kentucky was the hardest hit state as a devastating tornado damaged hundreds of homes and left many people homeless, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News. Newlyweds Amerah and James Taylor lost their first home when a tornado struck London,