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US tornado outbreak ‘one of the largest in US history,’ Biden says

The US President informed that he ordered to deploy emergency and rescue services on the affected territories, as well as provide supply of water and essential goods

WASHINGTON, December 12. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden called the tornadoes that hit a number of US regions to be "one of the largest" in the US history, adding that he is ready to approve the state of emergency in several states, should the governors request it.

"This is likely to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks in our history," Biden said, adding that he spoke with the governors of the affected states - Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. "It's a tragedy. And we still don't know how many lives are lost or the full extent of the damage. I want to emphasize what I told all the governors, the federal government will do everything, everything it can possibly do to help.

The US President informed that he ordered to deploy emergency and rescue services on the affected territories, as well as provide supply of water and essential goods. He noted that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working in each state, assessing damage and providing support where necessary.

He disclosed that he has approved the declaration of emergency for Kentucky, adding that he will order the FEMA to provide additional federal resources to the states that will also request a state of emergency.

According to CNN, at least 79 people died in the recent tornadoes, 70 of them in Kentucky, which was hit the hardest. The power outages, caused by the tornado, affected over 200,000 people in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Russian air defenses down Ukrainian projectile over Kursk Region

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Russian defense chief inspects Knyaz Vladimir strategic submarine

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Russian forces will continue accomplishing assigned combat missions

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Russia supports the technological cooperation with friendly countries, Sergey Tsivilyov said

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"One of the possible areas of cooperation in this sphere is to expand the mutual trade in mineral commodities and metals for the purpose of ensuring continuity of supplies and stability of prices," Evgeny Petrov noted

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Alexey Smirnov thanked the defenders

Patriot air defense system unable to intercept Russia’s Kinzhal missile — top brass

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Putin appoints Sergey Butin as First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia — decree

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Russian drones capture footage of Ukrainian soldiers firing on retreating comrades

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US forces conduct airstrikes on militants in Syria — statement

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At the moment, there is no information about the decisions made

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Israel not to withdraw decision to declare UN Secretary General persona non grata — Katz

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Ukrainian attempts to counterattack to put country into agony — commander

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