Only a few hours after a tornado killed 26 people in Mississippi, a tornado warning has been issued for Georgia.
This morning, the National Weather Service issued warnings for a number of Georgia counties.
President Biden issued a massive disaster designation for Mississippi earlier today so that residents could seek safety.
This indicates that those who have been most negatively impacted will receive greater funding.
The US ramped up recovery efforts today after huge wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour flattened buildings.
Search and recovery crews today resumed the daunting task of digging through the debris of flattened homes and commercial buildings.
Further warnings were issued including those for high winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes.
They were issued in eastern Louisiana, south-central Mississippi, and south-central Alabama.
Following Biden’s declaration, funding can be used for recovery efforts in Mississippi’s Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties, including temporary housing, home repairs, loans covering uninsured property losses, and other individual and business programs, the White House said in a statement.
The tornado flattened entire blocks, obliterated houses, ripped a steeple off a church, and toppled a municipal water tower.
The warnings put out this morning come after a tornado was observed near the city of Milledgeville, in central Georgia’s Baldwin County.
A warning was also issued in Hancock County and a wider tornado watch remains in place for large sections of Georgia and Alabama.
A ‘tornado watch’ means that tornadoes are possible in the area. Residents should be ready to act quickly if a warning is issued, the weather service said.