texas floods
president trump approves catastrophe declaration
… Demise Toll Rises
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President Donald Trump has authorized a Main Catastrophe Declaration for Kerr County, Texas — the location of catastrophic flooding that has already claimed the lives of a minimum of 59 individuals, together with 21 youngsters.
In a submit on Fact Social, Trump says, “These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing.”
The declaration will enable for vital federal help and assets to help greater than 400 first responders at present engaged in huge search and restoration efforts throughout the area.
Of the 59 confirmed fatalities, 38 are adults and 21 are youngsters. Officers additionally say 12 people related to Camp Mystic — 11 campers and 1 counselor — stay unaccounted for.
Search groups are combing by way of flood-ravaged areas across the Guadalupe River as determined households await information of lacking family members.
The White Home and FEMA are coordinating carefully with Texas officers to speed up help distribution and help ongoing rescue operations.