Obama toured the tornado site in the city of Joplin on Sunday, and offered his condolences at a service honouring the 139 known victims of the May 22 twister.
He called the incident a national tragedy that will require a national response.
"We're going to be here long after the cameras leave," Obama said, referring to federal support for rebuilding efforts that he predicted would be "a tough, long slog".
He said that it was impossible to know when or why such devastation strikes, but praised neighbours for helping each other at great risk to themselves, saying "there are heroes around us all the time".
Obama, who returned to the US on Saturday night from a six-day trip to Europe, toured a disaster scene where crushed cars, piles of wood and debris lay strewn amid the rubble on lots where houses once stood
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