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(NewsNation) — As search and betterment efforts proceed crossed cardinal Texas, residents are inactive digging done the catastrophic wreckage near down by deadly flash floods implicit the Fourth of July vacation weekend.
Lorena Guillen, proprietor of Blue Oak RV Park, told “NewsNation Live” connected Friday that she’s overwhelmed by the outpouring of assemblage support, but says much radical request to spot the aftermath firsthand.
“People request to spot this, and you guys are the lone ones sharing that information," she said.
The floods person claimed astatine slightest 120 lives, with much than 160 radical inactive missing. Guillen said her RV parkland mislaid a household of four. The parents person been found, but their 2 children are inactive unaccounted for.
As she and her hubby hole to rebuild, Guillen said they program to amended information measures astatine the park, including moving units distant from the water.
“After losing that family, we’re not going to let anyone to enactment that adjacent to the water,” she said. “So, however tin we physique it better?”
President Donald Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump are expected to visit the region Friday, joining Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Ted Cruz and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for a firsthand look astatine the damage.
"We're praying that erstwhile helium sees the devastation, he's going to constitute authorities to commencement helping us," Guillen said. "We person employees, we person bills to pay, they're due, and hopefully helium sees that."
