Donald Trump visits hurricane-hit Texas

Thursday, 31/08/2017 17:43
On August 29th, US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived in Corpus Christi, Texas, to assess damage from Hurricane Harvey.

Hurricane Harvey hits US (Photo: AP)

After landing in Texas, Mr Trump said he wanted the relief effort to stand as an example of how to respond to a storm.

"We want to do it better than ever before," he said.

Trump later spoke to a crowd of people affected by the storm.

"This storm, it's epic what happened. But you know what, it happened in Texas and Texas can handle anything," Trump said, before waving a Texas state flag over the crowd, standing on a stepladder near a fire truck.

Hurricane Harvey hit the US State of Texas with torrential rain and heavy winds, killing at least 10 persons.

The storm is the strongest to hit the US since Charley in August 2004, and the most powerful to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961, which killed 34 people, according to the Houston Chronicle./.

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