Washington, United States.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, I could visit Texas “As soon as this week “, after the storm that has left at least 59 dead in the country and has hit the people of this state hard, the spokeswoman for the state said on Sunday White House, Jen Psaki.
“We will do this at the appropriate time and in coordination with people on the ground. could ber so soon like this week“Psaki said in an interview with ABC News'” This Week “program.
The spokeswoman assured that Biden, Which on Saturday declared a “Major disaster” in Texas to expedite the mobilization of federal resources that allow attend to the emergency, is “very anxious” to go into this state “and show your support “.
“But he is also very aware of the fact that he is not an imoderate intervention for a president travel to one disaster area, he doesn’t want to take away resources or attention from him, ”Psaki stated.
Biden approved the declaration of “major disaster” in 77 counties in Texas, on les storms they have left millions of users in the dark and the low temperatures collapsed water systemsa, especially the pipes of many houses.
The national spokesman for the Federal Agency for Emergency Management (FEMA), Daniel Llargues, told Efe that the statement of “Major disaster” is of “great magnitude” and responded to a request for governor dand Texas, Greg Abbott.
The measure allows to offer not only public assistance in counties to recover infrastructure and take on other tasks, but also provides support to people who suffered harm in their owns housing which are not covered by the insurance companies and for the risk mitigation.
Long explained that because of the low temperatures pipes of many houses “is they burst or froze and then they caused damage to the ceiling, to the walls. “
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“The residents of that state they are not used to seeing this one types of storms winter, this type dand severe weather“, Commented the official, noting that in Texas are more common weather events such asor hurricanes, tropical storms, or forest fires.
In addition, the Government of Biden declared a state of emergency in Louisiana and Oklahoma — a measure that too includes Texas-, and that, according to Llargues, it is intended to cover the duties and tasks of this state, such as the expenses arising from theto mobilize police, firefighters or rescuers.
“FEMA will help with these expenses that the state has up to 75%, the other 25% is from the state “, he detailed. EFE