Biden says feds will cover 100% of the cost to clean up from Kentucky tornado for the first 30 days
Source: CNN
Biden says feds will cover 100% of the cost to clean up from Kentucky tornado for the first 30 days of recovery
By Maegan Vazquez, Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Nikki Carvajal, CNN
Updated 5:33 PM ET, Wed December 15, 2021
(CNN) -- President Joe Biden traveled to Kentucky on Wednesday in the wake of deadly tornadoes and severe storms that devastated the area, announcing that the federal government would cover 100% of costs of emergency work for the first 30 days after the extreme weather event.
"You know, the scope and scale of this destruction is almost beyond belief. ... These tornadoes devoured everything in their path," Biden said during remarks in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, amid the wreckage of neighborhood devastated by a tornado.
He later added that he's been "involved in responding to a lot of disasters" and that survivors are looking for a moment to breathe.
"And you can see it in peoples' faces," he continued, "what they're really looking for -- and look around, I say to the press ... is just to be able to put their head down on a pillow, be able to close their eyes, take a deep breath, go to sleep and make sure the kids are OK. That's what people are looking for right now. A lot of hard work has to happen in the next two or three months to bring it all the way back."
Seventy-one people in Kentucky have been confirmed dead since last week's tornado outbreak, Kentucky Emergency Management spokesperson John Bobel said Wednesday. And Michael Dossett, director of Kentucky Emergency Management, said on Tuesday that there are still 18,500 power outages.
Late Monday, Biden approved disaster declarations for Tennessee and Illinois, and had previously approved a major disaster declaration for Kentucky. On Wednesday, Biden amended the Kentucky disaster declaration to make additional assistance available, increasing federal funding.
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Fox News, on the same story:
Biden met with 'Let's go, Brandon!' jeers in Kentucky
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