US President Joe Biden has spoken of “a series of tornadoes among the worst” in US history following the devastation in five states.
“It’s a tragedy,” he said, “and we still do not know how many lives were lost and the full extent of the disaster,” as more than 78 people, at least 70 of them in Kentucky, have already lost their lives.
Federal disaster response services have already begun to develop on the ground, said Joe Biden, who promised that “the federal state will do everything it can to help.”
A state of emergency has already been declared in Kentucky, he said, and more could follow if the governors of the states affected by the disaster so request.
Joe Biden said he planned to visit Kentucky, but stressed that he did not want to be an “obstacle” to rescue operations.
The US president also stressed that the meteorological phenomena are “very intense” with climate change, without, however, referring to a direct causal relationship between climate deregulation and the catastrophe that plunged the country into mourning.
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