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US President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable with first responders and local officials in Kerrville, Texas, July 11, 2025. —Reuters
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US President Donald Trump on Friday talked about seeing the catastrophe as he had never experienced as he had visited parts of Texas, which was affected by the devastating flash flood, killing at least 120 people, including dozens of children.
Republican leader and First Lady Melania Trump was in the mountainous country in central Texas, to meet first responders, victims’ families and local officials, a week after a rain -blowing river, a week after breaking houses, camp cabins, cars and people.
“It’s a difficult thing. I have never seen anything like that,” Trump said in a round table meeting in Keroville, the worst affected Kerr County.
“I’ve been to a lot of storms, many storms. I have never seen anything like that. It’s bad.”
Trump attacked reporters after questioning officials’ response to the disaster, saying they wanted to focus on solidarity with emergency workers and volunteers.
“In the whole country, the hearts of Americans are scattered,” Trump said at a table created in a black banner with a “Texas Strong” message.
“I had to stay here as president. The woman wanted to be here first.”
They compared the sudden growing flood waters with a huge wave in the Pacific that the world’s best surfers would be afraid of surfing. “
Earlier, Trump was met by Governor Greg Abbott near the Gwadalpe River in Kerwel, which included several falling trees and a tractor trailer.
They were briefed by Texas Emergency Management and Carewell Fire Department officials, and was received by 30 or more rescue workers and members of the Coast Guard.
The search for more than 170 missing persons, including five girls, who were in the summer camp, were on their eighth day when rescue teams competed through debris and mud mounds.
But no direct rescue is reported this week, problems have emphasized that the number of casualties may still increase.
Trump has eliminated questions about the effects of his deductions to federal agencies on the flood response, which he described as “100 -year -old catastrophe”, “no one expected.”
On Thursday, Homeland Security Chief Christie Noim, who was with Trump in Texas, defended the immediate response as “sharp and effective”.
But Texas officials have faced questions as to why emergency evacuation messages to residents and visitors to the Gwadalpe flood were allegedly delayed in some cases.
In a telephone interview with NBC News on Thursday, Trump expressed his support for the flood warning system.
FEMA questions
In recent years, the deadliest floods in the United States have reopened questions about Trump’s plans to eliminate the federal destruction response agency FEMA in exchange for maximum responsibility of the state.
After Trump signed a major disaster declaration to release federal resources, FEMA began his response to the Texas’ flash flood on Saturday.
But the president has so far refused to deal with questions about his future. NOEM insisted that FEMA should be “eliminated” in its current form at an official review meeting on Wednesday.
At least 36 children were killed in a catastrophe at the beginning of the July fourth holiday, the Kerr County official, who was sitting in an area called “Flash Flood Eli”, said.
Details about the delays reported in preliminary warnings at the local level have surfaced, which could save lives.
Experts say that despite the sudden climate change, predators tried their best and sent timely and accurate warnings.
ABC News reported Thursday that on July 4, 4:22 am, a firefighter in Ingram, on top of the carwell, asked the Kerr County Sheriff’s office to inform the nearby Hunt residents of the coming floods.
The network said that KSAT associated with it received the call of the call, and that the first alert did not reach the Care County Code system for 90 minutes.
In some cases, he said, the warning messages did not arrive till 10 am, when hundreds of people had already flowed.
The floods of the Gwadalpe River were especially devastating to the summer camps on its shores, including the camp Sufian, where 27 girls and advisers were killed.
