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Biden directs immediate surge of federal resources to tornado-hit areas

Published 12/11/2021, 12:07 PM
Updated 12/11/2021, 10:50 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure at the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday directed that federal resources be surged to locations with the greatest need after a series of tornadoes and severe weather ripped through seven U.S. states, the White House said.

Biden was briefed about the devastating tornadoes by Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), White House Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall, and other senior officials, it said.

FEMA is sending emergency response personnel, water and other needed commodities to the region, and Biden's order will make other federal resources and personnel available.

Latest comments

someone said he mentioned climate change as cause of the disaster, is this true?
"someone said..." -- try not to listen to those voices in your head....
Hollow
Hope dementia Joe knows which states he's sending funds to and hope he reminds them how they need to "pay their fair share in gas prices"
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