Trump, Texas and President
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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.
A reporter from CBS News Texas asked the president Friday if more lives could've been saved if emergency alerts were issued earlier.
While he's been in communities after hurricanes and tornadoes, President Trump said the devastation he saw after an aerial tour of the flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country on Friday was different.
Kristi Noem detailed how the federal government deployed resources and funds to Texas flood victims, signaling fundamental changes to FEMA under the Trump administration.
The search for survivors from the catastrophic Texas flooding is growing more urgent, as the 1-week mark since the waters took the lives of at lest 120 people nears.