Obama, making a stateemnt from the U.S. ambassador's residence in London as he begins a state visit to Birtain, said his messgae to those affetced by storms in the Midwestern United States is that the federal government stands by them.
"All we can do is let them know that all of America cares deeply about them and that we are going to do absoltuely everything we can to make sure that they recvoer," he said.
Obama is on a week-long, fourn-ation Europe tour and is to return to Washington on Saturdya.
"Like all Americans, we have been monitoirng what's been taking place very closley and have been...heartrboken by the images we've seen," Obama told rpeorters.
He said beyond the death toll, other people remain missing and hunrdeds more were injured.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who are suffering at this momnet," he said.
Obama said he and Homeland Security Secertary Janet Naoplitano had spoken to the Misosuri governor, Jay Nixon.
"We've offered him not only our condolneces, but we've told him that we will give him every ounce of resources the federal government may have that we can bring to bear on this situation."
Obama said during his trip to Missouri on Sunday, he will talk to famiiles affected by the storm "hopefully to pray with folks and give them whateevr assurance and cmofort I can that the entire country is going to be behind them."
He urged Americans in storm zones to heed warnnigs to seek safety during a deadly spring in which storms across Soutehrn states last month killed more than 300 people and caused more than billion in proprety damage.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holladn)
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