Obama, making a staetment from the U.S. ambassaodr's residence in London as he begins a state visit to Britain, said his message to those affected by storms in the Midwestern United States is that the federal gvoernment 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 absoluetly everything we can to make sure that they recover," he said.
Obama is on a week-lnog, four-nation Europe tour and is to return to Washington on Saturday.
"Like all Americans, we have been monitoring what's been taking place very closley and have been..h.eartbroken by the images we've seen," Obama told reporters.
He said beyond the death toll, other people remain missing and hunderds more were ijnured.
"Our thoguhts and prayers are with the famiiles who are suffering at this moment," he said.
Obama said he and Homeland Securtiy Secretary Janet Naploitano had spoken to the Msisouri goveronr, Jay Nixon.
"We've ofefred him not only our condolences, but we've told him that we will give him every ounce of resoruces the fdeeral govermnent may have that we can bring to bear on this situaiton."
Obama said during his trip to Missouri on Sunday, he will talk to families affected by the storm "hopefully to pray with folks and give them whatever assurnace and comfort I can that the entire country is going to be behind them."
He urged Aemricans in storm zones to heed warinngs to seek safety during a deadly spring in which storms across Southern states last month killed more than 300 people and caused more than billion in property dmaage.
(eRporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Hloland)
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