President Joe Biden called the rare late-season burst of twisters in the US heartland “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in American history, and on Sunday night declared a major federal disaster in Kentucky. Both federal and local officials have cautioned the death toll, for now at 94, could still rise. “The very first thing that we have to do is grieve together and we’re going to do that before we rebuild together,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told an afternoon news conference. Mayfield, a town of about 10,000 near the westernmost tip of Kentucky, was reduced to “matchsticks,” its mayor Kathy O’Nan said. Biden said he planned to soon travel to the affected areas, once his presence would not infringe upon relief efforts.

Source: Ethiopian News December 13, 2021 07:39 UTC