Biden approves federal assistance for Tennessee - White House
[1/2] Braden McCann uses his phone and surveys the damage as he stands outside his home after devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through several U.S. states, in Dickson, Tennessee, U.S., Decemeber 11, 2021. George Walker IV/The Tennessean/USA TODAY via REUTERS
Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday approved federal assistance for Tennessee and ordered that state and local response efforts be supplemented after a swarm of tornadoes struck the region on Friday.
The tornadoes struck through six states, including Tennessee where it killed four people, while Kentucky bore the brunt of the storm with at least 74 dead.
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