President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott meet with local emergency services personnel as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River on July 11, in Kerrville, Texas. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump visited a storm-torn Texas on Friday as the fate of the nation’s top federal disaster agency …
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Actor Dennis Quaid revealed that his 17-year-old daughter, Zoe, was working as a counselor at a summer camp in Texas when deadly flash floods tore through the Hill Country early this month. Zoe was at a camp located about 75 miles north of Kerrville, the actor told Fox News. While the site was not directly impacted by flooding, Quaid said …
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As the cleanup continues from this month’s torrential rain storms and flooding in Texas that left more than 120 dead, recently departed officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) say the organization is dangerously underresourced and overstretched in the event of further natural catastrophes. A mass staff exodus, plunging morale and a loss of key leaders has left the …
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