Trump plans Texas visit on Friday to survey flooding damage from ‘100-year catastrophe'
'This is a hundred-year catastrophe and it's just so horrible to watch,' Trump told reporters.
President Trump announced Sunday that later in the week, he plans to visit Texas' Hill County, where devastating floods have killed at least 80 people.
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Asked if he plans to head to the Lone Star State to survey the damage, Trump said he'll 'probably' go on Friday.
'I would've done it today but we just would've been in their way,' the president added.
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