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The president has defended his administration's response to the fatal flooding amid criticism that federal assistance could have been provided more quickly.
President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.
A large majority of the deaths from last weekend's flooding occured in Kerrville and the surrounding area. At least 120 people have been killed across Texas, with 161 still missing. Trump will be joined in Kerrville by Governor Greg Abbott and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
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The Trump administration isn’t backing away from its pledges to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency and return disaster response to the states.
President Donald Trump was accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump in visiting Texas flood victims a week on with 100 people still missing.
President Donald Trump was expected to arrive in Kerr County, Texas, Friday afternoon, one week after the area was struck by catastrophic flooding.
Dr Christina Propst sparked massive backlash over a now-deleted Facebook post where she appeared to blame Republican voters for the deadly flash floods in central Texas.