The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has approved the declaration of a state of emergency in Mississippi, whose territory has been heavily damaged by a tornado that killed at least 25 people. Another victim was recorded in nearby Alabama. The president, the White House reports in a note, has ordered federal aid to support the efforts implemented by the state administration to respond to the emergency, with funding that will be accessible to those affected in Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties . According to the emergency management agency (Mema), which first reported the severe storm, the tornado mainly hit Silver City and Rolling Fork, the latter city that according to Mayor Eldridge Walker would have been "canceled". from the violence of the tornado.
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