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| Bush visits tornado-hit Tennessee |
| President George W Bush has visited the US state of Tennessee, one of several southern states hit by deadly tornadoes which left a swathe
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 9-February-2008
2:11:55 AM |
| More than 50 people died and hundreds were injured when dozens of twisters hit Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi this week.
Thousands of people were left without power because of the high winds.
Mr Bush has designated Tennessee and Arkansas major disaster areas, meaning they will get federal aid to recover.
Flattened streets
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has sent teams to the worst affected areas.
The president began his visit to Tennessee with a helicopter flight over the disaster zone.
He then received a briefing from state officials, before hearing from local people about their experiences of the storms.
More than 30 people are thought to have been killed in Tennessee by the tornadoes.
The winter storms also killed 13 people in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama.
They left behind flattened streets, wrecked mobile homes, overturned vehicles, and uprooted trees.
"Loss of life, loss of property - prayers can help and so can the government," Mr Bush said.
"I do want the people in those states to know the American people are standing with them."
Mr Bush said he had no doubt that the communities would "come back better than before".
In the past, the Bush administration has been criticised for its handling of disasters, particularly Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when the storms hit the US Gulf Coast, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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