Page 140 - Disaster Declaration News Today

Latest updates on this topic.

Later on today or tomorrow, the flooding will continue. we simply need more people in these boats, in these vehicles going door-to-door. this is a door-by-door process to make sure we get every home evacuated. >> the scope of this is staggering by any measure. we should make clear, we are nowhere near understanding the full impact because the storm continues. take a look at some of what we know. 58 counties in the state of texas. look at that giant land mass there under disaster declaration. 450...

For a total of six counties. as you probably know, i requested a federal disaster declaration that the president granted last night, this is incredibly important and extremely fast. what the presidential proclamation about our disaster declaration does is it immediately triggers the implementation of fema, and femas assistance for individuals in cities and counties for all of us to begin the rebuilding process as quickly as possible. something else i did yesterday is a issued a proclamation wavi...

Witt here in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is high noon in the east, its 9:00 a.m. out west, 11:00 a.m. in texas. heres whats happening, hurricane harvey is still pounding parts of central and southeast texas with heavy rain and winds, with the full damage yet to be seen. but this is the scene just a short time ago in victoria. the mayor of rockport is already saying that the storm has brought widespread devastation with some buildings, including schools and homes damaged or completel...

Catastrophic flooding in the city than they have already seen. so additional rain fall stresses the city here. easy to see how prone houston is to flooding and really the video and images you have seen now prove just that. >> you see the water covering roadways and you know what happens is when that water does finally eventually come down and thats not happening for the next few days for sure, sometimes the water isnt there -- >> derek van dam, thank you. we could be looking at some 50 inches of...

National fema administrator. i want to explain a couple of details to the citizens that they need to know about. as governor, i have made a state disaster declaration for 54 counties across the state of texas. in order for a disaster declaration to be made a federal disaster declaration, it requires certain financial thresholds to be met. those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. there are 18 counties in the state of texas, that made it a federal declaration that the president has...

Vehicles to assist in the rescue process as well as boats and water rescue teams and so were all pitching in to make sure we take care of the people in houston and across the state of texas. >> have you talked to president trump and are you getting everything you need from the federal government? >> ive talked to president trump several times as well as his cabinet members and his officials and especially the head of fema. weve made multiple requests and are getting absolutely everything we need...

Under flash flood watches, a warning expected to be in place for days. some areas could see an entire years worth of rain. the national hurricane center issued its first ever storm surge warning, more than 8 million people are under a hurricane warning, about 735,000 are under a tropical storm warning. this morning, president trump issued a disaster declaration for texas, more than 290,000 people in houston, dallas, corpus christi and surrounding cities are without power. weve got a team of repo...

Federal disaster declaration list, i want to read these counties out for you. be county, goliad, cleburne, nueces county, referring accounting, aransas aransas county, brazoria county calhoun county chambers county, fort bend county harris county jackson county, liberty county, victoria county, in warren county. those of the counties that currently qualify for federal disaster declaration. depending upon what is learned in weeks and days going forward, there may be more counties added to that li...

Disaster declaration for 54 contracts across the state of texas. in order for a disaster declaration to become a federal disaster declaration, it requires certain financial thresholds to be met. those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. there are 18 counties in the state of texas i made a federal disaster declaration for that the president has granted. with that presidential grant triggers the involvement of fema. because there are a lot of people in your viewing area who may not ...