Texas, Trump and floods
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President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.
Texas Governor Abbott has secured federal disaster aid for five more counties after floods, enabling FEMA assistance for emergency work and infrastructure repair.
There are still three people missing in Travis County and in Burnet County, a Marble Falls volunteer fire chief has yet to be found.
A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.
In early July 2025, a screenshot claimed to show a real Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump calling on people to forget the "Epstein files" and focus on the "beautiful young girls" who died in the Texas flash floods over the Fourth of July. Per the screenshot, Trump wrote:
As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do
President Donald Trump was expected to arrive in Kerr County, Texas, Friday afternoon, one week after the area was struck by catastrophic flooding.
Just over a week after deadly flash floods swept through Texas Hill Country, the region may once again face a life-threatening deluge as slow-moving thunderstorms bring heavy rain, flash flooding, and rapid river rises to parts of central Texas Sunday.