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mike: president biden approving mississippi disaster declaration earlier today after tornadoes tour through the state friday killing more than two dozen people carving path of destruction more than 100 miles long. play for these teams so a tough pill to swallow. we heard from the superintendent from schools who says that the schools will be closed for at least a few days now because there s some damage to some of the schools down here and there s a lack of water and power but, mike, i can tell you that we have seen utility crews out here all morning long, in fact, some here behind us working on utility pole and they are beginning the process. we spoke to one of the city workers this morning who tells us that half of the town is at least with power now, so plenty of progress going on here, mike. mike: charles, have they given you context of how bad this is compared to previous storms? charles: yeah, i ve spoken to a lot of people who live in this particular town and a ....
Mike: charles, have they given you context of how bad this is compared to previous storms? charles: yeah, i ve spoken to a lot of people who live in this particular town and a lot of them say they ve never seen anything quite like this because wind tornadoes hit in this specific region of mississippi, they say it normally skips over the town of amory and maybe goes to smithville or other areas, so folks here were pretty startled by all of the damage and that a tornado hit here in the first place. it s been nice to see folks out here in good spirits and just trying to help each other. a lot helpful away with lives. do you see federal help to help folks pick up? ....