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Melania Trump to Texas Flood Victims: ‘I Will Be Back’

The president and first lady visit with victims and families in flood-ravaged Central Texas.

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Jennifer Taylor
Jul 11, 2025
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet first responders near the Guadalupe River following devastating flooding that occurred in the area over the July 4 weekend in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025. At least 120 people are dead and more than 170 still missing, following July 4 holiday weekend floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country—including a river bank cluttered with children’s summer camp cabins. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

First Lady Melania Trump accompanied her husband President Trump on Friday to the flash-flood devastated region of Kerr County, Texas, to meet with victims while search and recovery crews continued efforts to find about 170 people still unaccounted for. The Trumps also met with residents mourning those lost in the catastrophe. The flooding left more than 120 people dead.

During a roundtable gathering of local, state and federal officials the president made a statement expressing his sympathies to the community…

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