President Donald Trump will be in Texas and Louisiana on Saturday to tour the wreckage caused by Hurricane Laura. He signed a disaster declaration for Louisiana on Friday, enabling the state to access federal relief funds.
, a massive storm that leveled homes and businesses as it slammed ashore this week with 150-mph winds.
Trump will visit Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Orange, Texas, the White House said. He is set to survey damage from the Category 4 storm, which made landfall on Thursday, and receive briefings on emergency operations and relief efforts.Trump signed a disaster declaration for Louisiana on Friday. "Now it turned out we got a little bit lucky. It was very big. It was very powerful but it passed quickly," Trump said Thursday during a visit to the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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