The President of the United States Donald Trump visited areas affected Destructive floods in Texas And he rejected doubts about Not enough notification system Emergency situation in the region.
On a round table next to the governor of Texas, Greg Ebbott and local authorities Trump Loaded by a reporter He asked about the shortcomings of the emergency warning system in the Kerr district, the most affected by the disaster and where most of the 120 fatal sacrifices were found.
“Only A very evil person will ask such a question“The republican leader replied to which he added:“ It is easy to sit and say: “What could have happened here? And ask, we could do something else. It was something that never happened before, and no one saw anything the same, ”he insisted.
Your visit comes in the middle contradiction to the reaction of the authorities The premises during floods and the role that the warning system had in the tragedy.
In this sense, the investigation of The New York Times has shown that the Kerr District I could not get the necessary financing In order to improve the warning system, despite the fact that the Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) warned that the region would “probably” would be flooded this year.
In the report published in 2024, FEM calculated that the cost of this new system is concentrated only on the floods of the Guadalup River, It will cost a million dollarsAccording to the American newspaper.
In Kerville and officials of Trump and the district They rejected the criticism of the infrastructure The local emergency, and they assured that it was time for the Texas to remain united, would not look for the fact that they failed. “I think that Everyone did an incredible job Given the circumstances. (…) This is what happens every 500 or 1000 years. I just admire the work that they completed. I just admire, ”he said during a round table held in Kerra.
A disaster that was erupted in the pouring rains, which fell between July 3 and 4, More than 161 missing at least 120 dead And kilometers of damage in the Hill -Strane region, on the outskirts of San Antonio.
Local authorities were questioned by citizens and experts Without streamlining the evacuation From areas near the river, despite the heavy rains and alerts issued by the National Meteorological Service (NWS, in English).
In one of the first press, after the disaster, the authorities admitted that the forecasts of rain underestimated the amount of precipitation. Some experts, however, expressed doubts about how much the region is preparedGiven the magnitude of the tragedy. “It seems that they could apply (…) preventive measures to reduce the risk of death if the organizers of the affected camps and local authorities were present at the warnings of the government and private sources of weather,” said the chief meteorologist of Accuweather, according to the local environment, Texas tribe.
A total of July 3 to morning 4 They accumulated from 12.7 to 27.9 centimeters of rain In the districts of Kerra, the flag, Tom Green and Kendall, according to NWS. “I have never seen anything like it. (…) I saw a lot of hurricanes and a tornado, and I have never seen anything about this guy. This is something terrible, ”Trump said on Friday about the effect of these strong precipitation, offering the first lady, melania, her condolences to the victims.