Biden and first lady Jill Biden drove through Rolling Fork, Friday afternoon, viewing the damage left by a powerful tornado that reduced many of the community’s 400 houses to unrecognizable debris.
“The thing that really always amazes me about all the tornadoes is that you have one house standing, one house from here to the wall, totally destroyed. But for the grace of God,” Biden said.
After visiting privately with families of those who died, the Bidens walked down a street through scenes of devastation in the small community, with houses obliterated into pieces of wood, trees stripped of branches.
Biden pledged the federal government’s assistance as the community rebuilds in Mississippi, and
“We’re not just here for today. I’m determined that we’re going to leave nothing behind,” he said. “We’re going to get it done for you.”
Rolling Fork, a town of around 1,900 in western Mississippi, was hit the hardest, with…
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