Tornadoes and severe weather watch thread

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At least 23 people were reported dead across several states in an expansive outbreak of severe weather from the US heartland to the East Coast.

State officials reported 14 people were killed in Kentucky, 7 in Missouri and 2 in Virginia.

At least 600,000 people are now without power from Michigan to Tennessee.

Remnant storms from Friday's severe weather outbreak are continuing into Saturday morning and, as of this morning, 26 tornadoes have been reported from Friday's storms in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and one from New Jersey.

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While Trump overhauls FEMA, Mississippi tornado survivors await assistance

Source: ABC News

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Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves asked the Trump administration for a major disaster declaration on April 1 after 18 tornadoes tore through the state on March 14 and 15, leaving seven people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged.

The declaration would allow the state to access a wide range of FEMA resources, including financial aid for individuals and for government agencies still removing debris and repairing infrastructure.

“We don’t have a declaration yet. People are still hurting,” said Royce McKee, emergency management director for Walthall County, which includes Tylertown.

Mississippi’s request comes at a time of upheaval for FEMA. The agency's acting administrator, Cameron Hamilton, was recently ousted after he publicly disagreed with proposals to dismantle FEMA, an idea President Donald Trump has floated in calling the agency “very bureaucratic” and “very slow.”

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