Greg Abbott said, warning against expecting anything resembling recovery any time soon, or a return to the way things were. But the painstaking and heartbreaking work of clearing streets, going door to door, assessing damage — and finding victims — has not yet begun. The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said on Monday that he expected more than 450,000 people to apply for federal assistance. Mr. Long said that FEMA was shipping two million liters of water and two million meals to the region. Governor Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard to aid in rescue and recovery, raising the number of troops involved to 12,000 from 3,000.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 23:33 UTC