President Donald Trump on Friday noticed first -hand devastation that left an extreme flood that killed at least 120 people and left the score still missing in the state hill and tried to reassure the inhabitants of the federal reaction to the disaster.
The President met local officials and emergency workers in hard hitting Kerr County, where he received a briefing, accompanied by his visit to the first lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Trump explored the damage during the helicopter flight, and then it was shown what seemed to be a map of the area damaged by the flood.
The extent of destruction was obvious – with Trump and the first lady standing in front of the inverted tractor trailer and in the middle of the shot down trees, as evidenced by the strength of the deadly, pusty water on the flood water that torn the community.
“It’s a terrible thing, a terrible thing. No one can believe it, such a thing – so much water, so fast,” Trump told reporters earlier on Friday when he left Washington. “We will be there with some large families and others, a governor, everyone.”
The death of the disaster is children who participated in the summer camp of a girl located near the Guadalupe River, where high waters swept cabins, bridges and roads. Camp Mystic said he lost 27 campers and advisors in the Flood.
Kerr County officials, where most of the deaths occurred, claim that the dead included 36 children and 60 adults. About 160 people remain missing. It is expected that the national victim of death is mounted because rescuers continue to look for debris for those who are missing.
Local, state and federal officials were intensive control in the days of lightning floods over their initial reaction, especially how regional susceptible to floods lacked warning sirens and whether the forecasts were precisely handed over to the locals in time.
Some Democrats also raised questions about the impact of the federal cuts of Trump’s administration, including the National Meteorological Service, in the disaster.
At the beginning of this week, the white house secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavt, condemned criticism as a “spoiled and contemptible” and said that the National Meteorological Service “provided early and consistent warning”. The White House kept cuts on the workforce, did not affect the reaction to the lightning flood.
Trump signed a catastrophe statement for Kerr County on Sunday. The Minister of Inner Security Kristi Noem said that the US Coast Guard was deployed to help in search and rescue and the federal emergency agency sent resources to the first respondents in the state. Noem visited the state on Saturday and appeared next to Abbott.
Abbott called a special legislative session and several agenda items are related to floods, including flood warning systems and natural disasters. Texas Dan Patrick said that the state would pay for warning sirens in rural neighborhoods that could not afford them.
In a telephone interview with NBC News released on Thursday evening, Trump said, “After I saw this terrible event, I would imagine you would put alarms in some form.”
With the help of Joe Lovinger, John Harney and Derek Wallbank.
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