Image: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images North America)
Image: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images North America)
“It was a terrible situation, but we really appreciate her work done,” Trump said in the Kerr County area in front of rescue workers and helpers. He compared the floods with a “gigantic wave in the Pacific Ocean, in which the best surfers in the world were afraid to surf it”.
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The Republican rejected criticism that the authorities may have warned too late. Trump was accompanied by his wife Melania during the visit. As a result of the fall flood disaster in Texas, around 120 people died. Dozens of people are still missing.
“We act so that something like this never happens again,” said Trump at the local inspection. He emphasized that the coast guard saved 169 children in the affected holiday camp.
Disaster
Trump had referred to the flood of falls as the disaster of the century. Before his departure from Washington, the President had emphasized that he would meet “some of the great families of the flood victims”.
After heavy rains, the water level of the Texas River Guadalupe rose meter high in the night of Friday last week. In the popular holiday region, many people had campaigned on the river bank on the long weekend of the US National Day. There are numerous children among the victims who took part in holiday camps. They were surprised by the water masses during sleep.
Criticism of authorities because of a lack of warnings
Since then, there has been discussion in the United States who is responsible for the devastating consequences of the disaster. The White House rejected media reports as a “lie”, and Rumps ordered by Trump played a role. Many experts see the main responsibility among the local authorities who did not pass on storm warnings in time.
Shortly before the Trump visit, the debate focused on the national civil protection authority Fema, which is subordinate to Trump’s Minister of Homeland Protection Kristi NoEM. The US broadcaster CNN reported that federal aid for Texas had only started 72 hours after the flood. Noem spoke of “quick and efficient” help.
First Lady Melania wears bracelet out of the flood flood camp
Melania Trump received a special gift on the side of her husband during her visit to the flood area. The first lady, who wore a dark baseball cap that pulled deep in the face, showed a bracelet and said: “I met wonderful young women. They gave me this special bracelet from the camp in honor of all the little girls who lost their lives.”
Image: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images North America)
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