US President Joe Biden has authorised a disaster designation for Mississippi’s southern state following fatal storms.
According to Xinhua, Biden ordered government help to bolster recovery efforts in regions damaged by “severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes” from Friday to Saturday.
“Twenty-five Mississippians were killed overnight due to this severe weather,” the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a statement, warning that a large portion of the state has the potential to see severe storms on Sunday evening.
“Expect damaging wind gusts. Tornadoes cannot be ruled out,” the agency tweeted.
