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Northern Beaches Council is asking the NSW Government to declare the Northern Beaches LGA a Disaster area to assist in extensive clean-up efforts

Location in mayfield. the winds of nearly 200 miles per hour leveling this area and leveling this business. also making this entire brick wall tumble down and walking closer with me this way you can see the back book case there is actually a safe room behind there the people working at the time the storms rolled through took shelter inside barely escaping from those strong winds. not everybody was able to make it out of western kentucky. right now at left 71 people in the area were killed during...

President Joe Biden made additional disaster assistance available to Kentucky by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding after catastrophic tornadoes touched down in mid-December.

Of the mineral waters. literally was a place you came to heal. now its our turn to help the entire town to heal. you know, i granted the request for the first emergency declaration and major disaster declaration the moment i received it because i got to know the governors father, and i knew nothing would come that wasnt real. i mean it, for real. and yesterday i also approved an emergency declaration for the state of illinois and tennessee. and i intend to do whatever it takes, as long as it tak...

Chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is there with the president. what do we expect to hear from the president today? >> well, hes going to make remarks here, this comes after hes had several briefings today, including with the governor of kentucky, several local officials in addition to the administrator of fema, his dhs secretary, all of these officials talking about overall what the effort is going to look like. you saw just a few moments ago, president biden amended that disaster ...

Of the mineral waters. literally was a place you came to heal. now its our turn to help the entire town to heal. you know, i granted the request for the first emergency declaration and major disaster declaration, the moment i received it. because i got to know the governors father, and i knew nothing would come that wasnt real. i mean it, for real. and you know, yesterday i also approved an emergency declaration for the state of illinois and tennessee. and i intend to do whatever it takes as lon...

Springs is a place where people came to be healed because of the mineral waters. it was a place that you came to heal. now its our team to help the entire town to heal. i granted the request for the first emergency declaration and major disaster declaration the moment i received it. i got to know the governors father. i knew nothing would come if it wasnt real. i mean that for real. yesterday i also approved an emergency declaration for the state of illinois and tennessee. i intend to do whateve...

And around this world has been overwhelming. millions of dollars and more, water, diaper, sweatshirts, household goods have poured in. as a state, were also not alone. president biden and the federal government have offered more aid and acted faster than we have ever seen in the history of the united states of america. i received three personal calls from the president on day one. first, when he could get through and then at the end of the day. we got an immediate disaster declaration that didnt...

Overwhelming. millions of dollars and more water, diapers, sweatshirts, household goods than we could ever count have poured in. as a state, we are also not alone. president biden and the federal government have offered more aid and acted faster than we have ever seen in the history of the united states of america. i received three personal calls from the president on day one. first, when he could get through, and then at the end of the day saying what else do you need? we got an immediate disas...

Burned to the ground. weve got a lot to do. but the american people are ready to do it. this is the united states of america. theres not a darn thing we cant do. thank you. >> you have been watching president biden in dawson springs, kentucky, speaking about the damage he saw today from the devastating tornadoes in the state. he was introduced by the governor, andy beshear, whose father is a two-term governor, steve beshear and dawson springs is his fathers hometown. lets go back to cnns kaitlan...