President Trump is planning a trip to survey Harveys swath of devastation<\/b>
\nPresident Donald Trump will travel to Texas Tuesday to survey the damage Hurricane Harvey left behind, according to a statement from the White House.
\u201cWe are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know, \u201d White Hosue Press Secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in a statement Sunday . \u201cWe continue to keep all of those affected in our thoughts and prayers.\u201d
Trump has tweeted multiple times throughout the past several days about Harvey, which hit the southeast section of Texas with 130 mile per hour winds late Friday. The president promised on Twitter earlier Sunday morning that he would take a trip to Houston as soon as he could.
\u201cI will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption, \u201d the president wrote. \u201cThe focus must be life and safety.\u201d
The storm began as a Category 4 hurricane but stalled shortly after hitting southern Texas. The National Hurricane Center told reporters Saturday that a rain gauge near one of the smallest cities in the hurricane\u2019s path recorded more than 16 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Five deaths have been reported so far in and around Rochport, one of the cities hit the hardest.
Charles Wax, the mayor of Rockport, told reporters that tropical storm Harvey carved out a wide swath of damage throughout Texas. He added that local authorities are not yet certain if any lives have been lost.
\u201cHomes and business completely destroyed, lives disrupted, \u201d Wax said. \u201cWe do not know if there is any loss of life, but that may be because we haven\u2019 t been able to assess.\u201d
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