Mr. Trump said his administration was working with state and local officials and that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would be arriving in Texas shortly. DHS oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

President Donald Trump said he would travel to Texas on Friday, a trip that will allow him to survey first-hand the devastation from extreme floods that have left at least 100 people dead and scores still missing.

She called what happened a “once in a generation national disaster” and urged “everyone in the area to remain vigilant, listen to all warnings and