MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Federal Emergency Management Agency will work with local officials in Arkansas, where the death toll is now 16 from a deadly tornado.

Obama, who is traveling in the Philippines, also sent his deepest condolences to those affected.

An Oklahoma twister killed one person.

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