Texas, Kerr County and flooding
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Texas floods: Pres., First Lady Trump tour Kerr CountyPresident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump came to Kerr County, Texas, to look at the flooding damage firsthand. FOX News' Olivianna Calmes has been speaking to volunteers who have been coming to help first responders in the area.
The catastrophic Central Texas floods have claimed at least 121 lives and left 173 missing, as a report reveals that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system.
President Donald Trump travels to Texas on Friday amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the devastating floods, as well as questions about the federal response -- including the fate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- that he has so far avoided.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.