The president of United States, Joe Bidenapproved this Sunday a declaration of major disaster for several districts of the state of Mississippi as a result of storms, current sources, descendants and tornados that cost the lives of more than twenty people.
“In the early hours of this Sunday, the president declared that there is a major disaster in the state of Mississippi and ordered federal aid to complement recovery efforts (…) in areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on March 24-25, 2023″, reported the White House.
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At least 25 people died and dozens more were injured in Mississippi when the great storm toured various locations for an hour. A man died in Alabama after his mobile home flipped several times.
Search and recovery teams resumed the Herculean task of digging through the wreckage of flattened and damaged homes, commercial buildings and municipal offices on Sunday after hundreds of people were displaced.
The administrator of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was scheduled to visit the state on Sunday to assess the destruction.
According to reports, a tornado touched down early Sunday in Troup County, Georgia, near the Alabama border, according to the Georgia Self Aid Group. The affected areas they included the county seat of LaGrange, about 67 miles (about 108 kilometers) southwest of Atlanta.
Source: teleSUR