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riversedge

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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 05:27 PM Jan 2017

Officials Beg Trump to Send Help After Storms Kill 20 Across South [View all]

the pics are really devastating. I have not seen a followup to this story



Sarah Kendzior ‏@sarahkendzior 1h1 hour ago

State officials are begging Trump to send help after tornado deaths Sunday. He's doing nothing. Read this story. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/officials-beg-trump-send-help-after-storms-kill-20-across-n711071




Jan 23 2017, 6:34 pm ET
Officials Beg Trump to Send Help After Storms Kill 20 Across South

by Alex Johnson and Daniella Silva
[At Least 20 Killed as Tornadoes, Severe Storms Hit Southeastern U.S.]
At Least 20 Killed as Tornadoes, Severe Storms Hit Southeastern U.S. 2:02

Desperate officials pleaded with President Donald Trump to send federal assistance Monday after at least 20 people were killed by storms and tornadoes that caused devastation authorities likened to the impact of a nuclear blast.............


Most of the 200 homes at the Paradise Village mobile home park in Albany were destroyed, Ross Piercy, the property manager, told NBC station WALB. About a dozen were completely washed away and can't be found, he said.

"It just hurts," Piercy said. "It hurts my heart to see how many people have nothing left." ...............

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he had dispatched a letter to Trump pleading for help after four people were killed in his state. He said more 1,000 homes were damaged in Hattiesburg and surrounding Forrest County alone — 239 of which were obliterated.

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