More extreme weather hits US as Biden promises aid to tornado-hit Kentucky

Dawson Springs, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2021

Severe storms battered the American Midwest Wednesday evening, hours after President Joe Biden pledged increased federal assistance to Kentucky, where scores were killed and towns leveled by recent tornadoes. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of an "extremely strong" and "potentially record-breaking" storm system producing "a plethora of weather hazards" throughout several states in