Federal aid coming to tornado-wrecked swath of Mississippi

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Federal aid coming to tornado-wrecked swath of Mississippi
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President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Sunday for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the area

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A tornado reportedly touched down early Sunday in Troup County, Georgia, near the Alabama border, according to the Georgia Mutual Aid Group. Affected areas included the county seat of LaGrange, about 67 miles southwest of Atlanta. “If you do not have to get on the roads this morning please do not travel,” the agency said on Facebook.

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