U.S. President Trump Tours Flood-Ravaged Texas

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BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| TEXAS

U.S. President Donald Trump toured the ravaged flooded areas of Texas today, along with First Lady Melania. Since the devastating floods last Friday, that left over a hundred dead and potentially two hundred more missing.

The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in less than an hour a week ago, causing mayhem to erupt in Kerr County, sweeping through Camp Mystic, a girls Christian summer retreat, to take the brunt of the damage. Estimates are at 121 dead, including dozens of children.



via ABC News:

"The first lady and I are here in Texas to express the love and support and the anguish of our entire nation in the aftermath of this really horrific and deadly flood," Trump said as he spoke at a roundtable event with first responders and local officials.

"We mourn for every single life that was swept away in the flood, and we pray for the families that are left behind," the president added. "It's amazing, the incredible spirit from those families."

"Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen," Trump said on Friday.

"There has been extraordinary collaboration with the state and the federal government to make sure that we address Texans' needs as quickly as possible through disaster assistance programs," Abbott said in a press release. "The State of Texas will continue to work with our federal and local partners to provide impacted Texans with the support they need to heal and recover."


"He could not stop talking about how sad he was for all the little girls who have lost their lives," Abbott said. "He recounted his own understanding of what happened with what was really a tsunami wave, a wall of water, that swept too many of them away."

"And he cares a lot about those young ladies. And he wants to step up and make sure that any need that we have here in Texas is going to be met very quickly," Abbott continued.

Over 2,000 first responders have been coming through the area searching for bodies. We do not know if they will ever be found. 

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