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US: Biden declares emergency for Mississippi’s storm recovery

At least 12 of the deaths occurred in hard-hit Rolling Fork, a town of about 1,900 in western Mississippi [Barbara Gauntt/USA Today Network via Reuters]

US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for Mississippi after a powerful storm tore across the state, killing at least 25 people there and one in Alabama.

Biden ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the affected areas, a White House Statement said on Sunday. The funding will be available to affected people in the counties of Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey, the statement said.

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