The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Sunday, July 6, his intention to “probably” to Texas, devastated by mortal floods.
“It is a disaster as we have not seen in 100 years and it is simply unbearable to see what is happening in Texas,” he told reporters before embarking on his plane to return to Washington. “I don’t believe,” he answered a question about the usefulness of hiring the dismissed personnel in the weather services.
750 boys in a summer camp, ten girls who are not found
The balance of floods in Texas, in the southern United States, is now around 80 dead and will increase even more, the local authorities announced this Sunday, since the hope of finding a dozen children still disappeared.
The US president also refuted any link between the budget cuts in national weather services and heavy record. “I do not believe,” he answered a question about the usefulness of hiring a part of the license personnel in these services.
The residents complained during the weekend of not having been warned early in the risk of floods that left almost 80 dead. Kerr’s only county, the most affected, now deplores 68 dead, “40 adults and 28 children,” said the County Sheriff, Larry Lethia, at a press conference.
Among the 750 boys who participated in a Christian summer camp for girls on the shores of the Guadalupe River, no ten girls were found, just like an instructor, said the sheriff.
“We will see that the results go up today and tomorrow”
The dead identified in this county are added ten dead counted in neighboring counties, announced the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, at a press conference.
“Throughout the state, in the areas affected by floods, we have identified 41 people who disappear,” he said, adding that the real number was undoubtedly higher because many vacationers camped in the region in this prolonged weekend.
“We will see that the evaluation increases today and tomorrow,” as the bodies are found, he warned the director of Public Security in Texas, Colonel Freeman Martin.
Source: BFM TV
