Biden visits Mississippi town pummeled by deadly tornado
Source: ABC News
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden touched down in Mississippi on Friday, nearly a week following a severe string of tornadoes that tore through the South left at least 26 dead.
The first couple will tour Rolling Fork, Mississippi, a delta-region city pummeled by a tornado which was later assigned the rare and powerful classification rating of EF-4. Across the state, one long-track twister left a trail of destruction for about 59 miles, according to officials. The president approved disaster relief for the state on Sunday.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba -- one of Mississippi’s few elected Democrats -- greeted the president and first lady after they landed in the city on Friday morning. They will traverse north to Yazoo City, where they’ll be briefed by federal, local and state officials on ongoing response and recovery efforts.
The Bidens will then travel east to Rolling Fork, surveying the disaster path and meeting with residents impacted by the storms.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-visits-mississippi-town-pummeled-by-deadly-tornado/ar-AA19kc0d
= new reply since forum marked as read
