Texas, Trump and flood
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Donald Trump has suggested that Texans were given “a lot of warning” ahead of the devastating floods in the state. “The way this happened, there was a very early warning – warned a day before, they warned even two days before,
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data, satellite imagery and risk modeling.
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Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.
At least 24 people were dead and many missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
While he’s been in communities after hurricanes and tornadoes, President Trump said the devastation he saw after an aerial tour of the flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country on Friday was different.
As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do
Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.