Gov. Kay Ivey: Alabama Stands With Lee County As Recovery Efforts Begin From Deadly Tornado

Alabama News Center | March 5, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Recovery efforts from Sunday’s deadly tornadoes began in earnest Monday even as the search for people still missing continued, raising concerns that the death toll would rise from the 23 already confirmed.

President Donald Trump called Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey this morning to offer any assistance and has since told the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide the state with “A-plus assistance,” according to Ivey.

“To the people of Lee County, please know that we are here today to stand with you today, tomorrow and the days and weeks ahead,” Ivey said at a news conference at Beauregard High School today. “We will stand together and get through this together.”

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