Beshear: Biden plans to tour storm damage in KY

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President Joe Biden speaks astatine the Chase Center successful Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Posted at 9:45 AM, Dec 13, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-13 10:45:59-05

President Joe Biden plans to sojourn Kentucky successful the coming days to circuit the harm near by a bid of tornadoes that blew done the authorities connected Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear says.

Beshear said Monday that helium spoke with the president implicit the weekend. He noted that officials were inactive moving retired the timing and details of Biden's visit.

Biden has already approved a catastrophe declaration successful Kentucky, freeing up national funds that volition assistance successful rescue and betterment efforts. Biden volition person a briefing from FEMA and Homeland Security officials aboriginal Monday morning.

So far, officials successful Kentucky person confirmed that 64 radical were killed successful Friday's tornadoes. Another 110 radical successful the authorities are inactive missing.

The storms killed 14 others successful adjacent Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee.