Federal funding can be used for recovery efforts in various Mississippi counties, temporary housing, home repairs, loans covering uninsured property losses and other individual and business programs, the White House said in a statement.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a briefing that 25 people were confirmed killed, 55 people were injured and 2,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. High winds, hail and strong storms were expected for parts of Alabama and Georgia on Sunday, the National Weather Service said.
“Cried last night, cried this morning,” she said, looking around at flattened homes. “They said you need to take cover, but it happened so fast a lot of people didn’t even get a chance to take cover.”walked around Saturday, many dazed and in shock, as they broke through thickly clustered debris and fallen trees with chain saws, searching for survivors. Power lines were pinned under decades-old oaks, their roots torn from the ground.
“That’s rare — very, very rare,” he said, attributing the long path to widespread atmospheric instability.
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