FEMA activates in Texas after Trump signs Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County

[riversedge]

Source: nbcdfw



59 people have been killed by the catastrophic flash floods in Kerr County.

By Sara Hummadi • Updated 4 hours ago



The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was activated in Texas after President Donald Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County.

Flash floods tore through the Guadalupe River corridor Friday morning, killing at least 59 people, including 38 adults and 21 children. Many remain unaccounted for, including 11 children missing from Camp Mystic.

FEMA will work with Texas state and local authorities to aid in the search and rescue efforts, according to a U.S. Homeland Security press release sent out Sunday morning.

Shortly before FEMA was activated, Trump announced the declaration via Truth Social, commending Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the U.S. Coast Guard and first responders for their efforts. ...............



Read more: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/fema-activates-in-texas-after-trump-signs-major-disaster-declaration-for-kerr-county/3879038/

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[maspaha]

1. California cleans up Texas' disaster...

Because, of course!

[LearnedHand]

2. Huh. So FEMA *is* sort of useful

What about that?

[Prairie Gates]

3. Sarcastic Slow Clap

[bucolic_frolic]

4. FEMA activated for RED state. Keep score.

I bet it's a shutout.

[Hugin]

24. Can't miss a grifting opportunity.

There’s money to be diverted.

[riversedge]

5. 3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered

3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered
Officials are still searching for at least two girls from North Texas who were reported missing after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River Friday.

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3 of 5 North Texas girls missing in Camp Mystic flooding recovered
Officials are still searching for at least two girls from North Texas who were reported missing after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River Friday.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-camp-mystic-flood-victims/3878628/

By Keenan Willard and Frank Heinz • Published July 5, 2025 • Updated 25 mins ago
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A Dallas teenager who was safe from flood waters at Camp Mystic is heartbroken for fellow campers who didn’t survive the deadly Texas Hill Country flooding.

The families of three North Texas children say their daughters were among those who did not survive the flash flooding at Camp Mystic Friday in the Texas Hill Country. Two others say their daughters are still missing.

Before dawn Friday, heavy tropical rain over Central Texas filled the Guadalupe River, which rose 26 feet in about 45 minutes. In the darkness, the wall of fast-moving water then indiscriminately washed people, homes, vehicles and trees downstream.................................

[walkingman]

6. Yeah, thank you for doing your fucking job. Which is very unusual.

[stollen]

12. Once all bodies are found...

what would Abbott's response be for NOT requesting FEMA? He'd be sued for not relying on all available resources. I assume he'll start using the term FEMA? I wonder how much begging he needed to do.

[travelingthrulife]

27. He will use the money and help and then disparage government services, like always.

See Chip Roy.

[Ritabert]

31. Yep. That's their modus operandi.

[hatrack]

7. Not even Red vs. Blue - it's FEMA for some red states, but not for others . . .

Yes, this will work out well in the long run.

[BonnieJW]

16. He wouldn't send Fema

To Arkansas, Tennessee or NC

[travelingthrulife]

28. Much more grift available from Texas.

[Cha]

8. Fcuk those guys.. Traitor and Traitor Puppy Killer.

[B.See]

9. So, puppy killer Noem, who WITH Trump was

talking about eliminating the "unnecessary" FEMA (only a month ago),

is now praising Trump for doing what should come naturally, in PROPERLY responding to this horrific tragedy,

and for trying to fix yet something ELSE they've BROKEN.

Hopefully they won't be discriminatory (for want of a better word) in DOING THE RIGHT THING in respose to disasters in America, WHEREVER they occur.

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season - CNN

For months, Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees FEMA, have vowed to eliminate the agency, repeatedly criticizing it as ineffective and unnecessary. Noem reiterated those plans Tuesday in the Oval Office, saying FEMA “fundamentally needs to go away as it exists.”

[stollen]

10. TACO

The people have spoken.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Is there any FEMA money left after Noem used FEMA funds to build a concentration camp

[stollen]

14. Biden had requested congress to vote for

supplement funds for subsequent disasters after Hurricane Helene. MAGA MIKE not only didn't do that, he sent Congress home. And he refused to reconvene Congress when the next hurricane bore down on FL. Obvious that Trump was hoping to make Biden look like a failure before the election. In particular, the Maggots wanted to win NC and were willing to make disaster victims suffer and stew in their anger for that party's benefit. Too bad those mountain folk bought into the ruse at their own expense, but so it goes in a red neighborhood.

Tillis retiring seems like payback.

But in answer to your question, no, I don't believe Maga Mofo Mike ever added supplemental funds to FEMA, knowing that Trump's plan was to ax the program once in office. Without the extra funds in this magnitude of a disaster, MOFO and TACO could be setting up FEMA for failure.

[Envirogal]

19. The skinnier MAGA Stepford Wives are the meaner they get.

Eat something you hangary evil shrew!

[travelingthrulife]

29. Does she qualify as a Stepford Wife when she's shagging Corey Lewandowski?

I am guessing her husband and kids don't mind.

[live love laugh]

20. Her hair extensions make up 1/3 of her body weight.

[stollen]

13. Don't threaten FEMA lives, Texas!

Or we'll demand they be called out of the threat area for their own safety, leaving you SOL.

It happened in NC thanks to the knuckledragging Trump worshipers there. Don't copycat. You've got 30 days to request immediate cash assistance...$750. That's for your immediate needs.
There will be more funding for you as soon as the Florida concentration camps, spent on migrants, can be sold for scrap metal. So hold your horses.

[surfered]

15. But no FEMA help for Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina or West Virginia?

Maybe because this tragedy had so much news coverage?

[Hugin]

22. Some states are more equal than others.

Trump probably heard that Mexico and the World Kitchen were already on the scene.

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Boy O Boy

Sarah Huck-a-Pig has gotta be seething right now...........she probably "only" wanted to suck off the federal taxpayers TIT for a billion or two.....
So..................it's not only RED states vs BLUE states, but only SOME RED states, not all.......

[travelingthrulife]

30. Trump likes little girls.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. So, does ANYBODY know where Greg Abbott was on Friday?

All I saw on TV that day was the Lieutenant Governor.

Was Hot Wheels on vacay somewhere, or was he busy getting his 100,000 mile service?

[littlemissmartypants]

18. I wonder how much the total came to from the bribe?

You know that's why he paved the rose garden, right? To make a place for the bribes drive through window.

[Old Crank]

21. Pure math for trump.

25 GOP representatives from Texas. That is more than 10% of the GOP majority in the house.

[Hugin]

23. Yes...

Yet, people were getting quarterback sacked here on DU to not make this political.

[Wingus Dingus]

26. Some Americans are worthy of disaster assistance, and some aren't.

That's what we've become as a nation. Blue states need to band together and figure out something.