Listen to this articleDr. Navin Joshi, USNews, 26 March 2023. Following a severe tornado that tore through Mississippi and left at least 25 people dead there as well as one in Alabama, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for the state on Sunday.
According to a White House statement, Biden directed federal assistance to support regional recovery efforts being led by municipal, state, and tribal governments. According to the announcement, the funding will be accessible to those in need in the counties of Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey.
US President joe Biden tweeted, ‘Jill and I are praying for those who have lost loved ones in the devastating tornadoes in Mississippi and those whose loved ones are missing.’, He added, “I also spoke to @FEMA_Deanne, who has already deployed emergency response personnel and resources to support search-and-rescue and assess the damage. We will do everything we can to help. We will work together to deliver the support you need to recover, for as long as it takes.“
I also spoke to @FEMA_Deanne, who has already deployed emergency response personnel and resources to support search-and-rescue and assess the damage.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 25, 2023
We will do everything we can to help. We will work together to deliver the support you need to recover, for as long as it takes.
When deadly tornadoes tore through the Mississippi Delta region two days prior, destroying small villages and killing more than twenty-dozen people, the South braced for yet another wall of severe weather on Sunday.
BREAKING: At least 19 dead in Mississippi tornado, storms: US media reports
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 25, 2023
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Early on Sunday, search and rescue crews kept sifting through the debris. During a tornado, at least 25 people perished.
As a tornado tore through the Mississippi Delta late Friday, reducing most of it to rubble and leaving a path of destruction in one of the poorest parts of the country, trees fell, roofs collapsed, and power wires and poles listed perilously over highways.
First Light of Rolling Fork Mississippi after a Violent #Tornado last night. #mswx @SevereStudios @MyRadarWX pic.twitter.com/NG0YcI3TQn
— Jordan Hall (@JordanHallWX) March 25, 2023
Alabama lost one man, and Mississippi lost at least 25 individuals.
A flying chunk of wood that smashed into Andrew Dennard’s Rolling Fork home, breaking glass as it did so, said, “It sounded like a goods train,” the 28-year-old said. Dennard continued, “I don’t think we’re going to rebuild from this.” It is worse than dying.
At least 26 people have been killed when tornadoes swept through Mississippi and Alabama. At least 13 people were killed after a violent #tornado tore through the parts of Rolling Fork, in Mississippi overnight. pic.twitter.com/MoFgVvseBQ
— Joint Cyclone Center (@JointCyclone) March 25, 2023
