Original title: Flooding in the United States caused more than 20 deaths, and Biden approved a major disaster. Source: Chinanews.com
China News Service, August 24. According to Agence France-Presse, the White House stated in a statement on the 24th that US President Biden has declared a major disaster in Tennessee and approved federal funding. Severe floods recently occurred in Tennessee, killing at least 21 people.
Meteorologists said Tennessee suffered a historic storm and flood on the 22nd, with rainfall as high as 38 cm. Country roads, state highways, bridges and hundreds of houses were washed away, and large-scale power outages affected thousands of people.
The National Weather Service said that Biden’s approval of Tennessee to enter a major disaster state will enable the affected people in Humphreys County to obtain federal funds. On the 22nd, the downpour in Humphreys County broke the 24-hour rainfall record in Tennessee.
The White House said that assistance to residents includes “temporary housing and house repair subsidies” and “low-interest loans for uninsured property losses.”
According to the report, flooding is a natural phenomenon, but climate change is changing the rainfall patterns of the earth, making some areas wetter and others drier.
Scientists say that climate change has increased the risk of heavy rains around the world because a warmer atmosphere contains more water.