The number of flooding deaths that devastated the center south Texas 100 victims exceed, as search and rescue work continues, to which dozens of volunteers from other cities of the state joined.
For several days, federal, state and civilian authorities defeated kilometers of land along the Guadalup River in search of an indefinite number of people who were still missing after floods that were in the region in the early hours of July 4.
The water devastated the region, known as the “country of Hill”, on the outskirts of San Antonio, I coincide with the beginning of the festive weekend with several events in the fresh air after Independence Day of the United States.
The National Meteorological Service explained that on Friday, in just 12 hours, more than 30 centimeters of precipitation accumulated in just 12 hours, which raised the flow of the Guadalup river, to the second largest level, with a height of 9.9 meters.
“This flood checked us, but it also reminded us who we are,” said the judge of the district Kendall Shein Stolalachik, where the authorities found six bodies today.
“Faced with adversity (…), the neighbors helped the neighbors, the strangers became rescuers, and our sense of community shone even in the most gloomy storm,” the official insisted.
In the district KerrThe area most affected by floods – with 84 dead, including 11 girls and young people from the Christian summer camp – the community also turned to react to the tragedy.
Private citizens joined the firefighters and various state agencies and emergency situations in order to also maintain nascent work to restore: removal of streets mud, removal of trees and collecting garbage.
Trump will visit this area on Friday
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has signed an emergency statement of natural disasters yesterday, which allowed the state to activate the Federal Disruption Agency (Fema) in the state.
During dinner in this Tuesday in White House With the prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Trump confirmed that the next Friday he will visit the injured areas.
The Republican also indicated that his government is doing everything possible to help Texas encounter floods, which he called a “big surprise”.
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The democratic opposition requested an investigation of a possible influence, which is a mass reduction imposed by the republican administration to federal agencies, including National Meteorology– He could have a tragedy in Texas.
The leader of this political formation in Senate, Chuck SchumerHe wrote a letter to the General of the Deputy of the Ministry of Trade with a request to investigate the “scale, size and consequences of whether the lack of personnel at the key stations of the National Meteorological Service in the catastrophic loss of life and goods during mortal floods contributed.”
Press Secretary White HouseKarolin Livitt deleted “lying” these accusations and defended that the federal government was focused on “providing support to the victims”.
With information EFE
