Trump goes to Texas ravaged by deadly floods

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President Donald Trump went to Texas on Friday to observe the damage caused. However, by floods that left at least 120 people dead. In addition, The controversy swells on the response of the local and federal authorities is pointed out.

The center of Texas was struck on July 4. Therefore, the day of national holiday in the United States, by torrential rains which caused sudden floods, surprising many inhabitants in their sleep.

Upceded trees. Consequently, overturned tractor and debris of all kinds: the American president and his wife Melania were able to see the devastation, a week just after the disaster. In addition, ‘I have never seen anything like it, then said the American president during a round table with the local authorities.

‘The devastation is hard to believe,’ he added, quoting ‘hundred-year-old trees that have simply been torn from the ground’. trump goes texas ravaged deadly In addition, In total, at least 120 deaths linked to the floods have been identified while the authorities have more than 170 missing.

The county of Kerr is the hardest hit with 96 dead, including 36 children. Therefore, A Christian girl holiday camp. located in the locality of Hunt, on the shores of the Guadalupe river, paid a heavy price: 27 children and monitors perished in the disaster.

Federal resources

The visit of the American president intervenes while the questions are more pressing on the management of the crisis by the local authorities. on the impact of the budget cuts, wanted by the American president, on the alert and rescue systems.

Questioned shortly after the disaster to find out if he always intended to gradually delete the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Donald Trump replied that it was not the time to talk about it.

The republican leader. who had trump goes texas ravaged deadly previously declared that in the event of a disaster, the emergency services had to be managed at the level of the States, also quickly signed a disaster declaration in order to provide Texas with federal resources. The immediate response to the disaster on the part of the federal state ‘was rapid. effective,’ insisted on the social network X on Thursday, the Minister of Internal Security, Kristi Noem.

But the CNN channel says that FEMA’s rescue operations have been delayed by bureaucratic obstacles after a new rule. adopted by the minister aimed at reducing expenses.

Alert system

During the round table. Donald Trump denounced the democratic opposition ‘who only wants to criticize’, but also certain questions of the press, even calling a journalist present as ‘evil’. ‘Everyone in this room did an incredible job and people know it,’ he added.

The sheriff of Kerr County. Larry Leitha, said that he was trump goes texas ravaged deadly alerted on Friday ‘around 4 or 5 am by calls for rescue service.

According to the Texan Ksat television channel. a local firefighter requested at 4:22 am the sending of alerts ‘Rouge Code’, an emergency message on the phones of the inhabitants of Hunt, the most affected locality, while the waters of the Guadalupe river, supplied by torrential rains, rose dangerously.

However. according to this local media affiliated with CNN and ABC, the sheriff’s office would have asked the firefighter to wait, time to obtain the authorization of a superior.

Continuation of research

The ‘red code alerts’ would have been transmitted at least 90 minutes later. around 6:00 am and the message took up to six hours to reach certain residents of Hunt, according to Ksat.

Questioned several times this week on this subject, local authorities have been kicked out. Donald Trump assured him on Friday that ‘the governor and trump goes texas ravaged deadly everyone’ were now working to design a better alert system. ‘They will find something’, he said.

More than 2. 000 rescuers, police and cynophile teams, supported by helicopters, excavate the area tirelessly for seven days to try to locate the disappeared, even if the chances of finding them alive are now tiny.

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Trump goes texas ravaged deadly

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