FEMA’s Kevin Hannes: We’re Here To Help Texans ‘Build Back Stronger and More Resilient’

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HANNES: "What we are seeing right now is we are focused, along with our state partners and local partners down in southeast Texas and Beaumont as well as in Harris county, really looking to continue the search and rescue mission until it is complete, until we have rescued those that we can rescue and unfortunately, as he reported, we are going to find some recoveries. As tragic as that is, we are here to support the state in that search and rescue. We are conducting the evacuation of the hospital. We are also conducting a general population evacuation in support of the local officials there in Jefferson county. I think it’s important to remember that this is a large event, it’s large in scale, it’s larger devastation. Texas will recover and FEMA, along with all of our federal partners, across the entire federal family and as well as other states that are contributing to this response and will contribute to the recovery, are here for Texans, to make them build back stronger and more resilient."