{"id":58918,"date":"2025-07-12T06:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58918\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:34:27","slug":"president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-trumps-visit-to-san-antonio-hill-country-after-deadly-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58918\/","title":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s visit to San Antonio, Hill Country after deadly floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 After more than 100 people were killed due to flooding in Kerr and Kendall counties, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made their first visit on Friday to the Hill Country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As of Thursday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/10\/officials-to-hold-thursday-press-conference-as-death-toll-from-hill-country-flooding-nears-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/07\/10\/officials-to-hold-thursday-press-conference-as-death-toll-from-hill-country-flooding-nears-100\/\">Kerr County officials said 96 people \u2014 60 adults and 36 people \u2014<\/a> died in connection with the severe weather on July 4. More than 160 (161) people remain unaccounted for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Kendall County Office of Emergency Management confirmed an additional eight bodies were discovered after the storm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As of Friday afternoon, neither county had updated whether any more people have been found or if the number of unaccounted for people had changed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Statewide, at least 121 people \u2014 spread out over Burnet, Kendall, Kerr, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson counties \u2014 have died as a result of last week\u2019s floods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Below is a visual timeline of the president and the first lady\u2019s Friday visit to South Central Texas and the Hill Country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>11:57 a.m.<\/b> &#8211; Air Force One began its descent to Kelly Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. <\/p>\n<p>Air Force One began its descent to Kelly Field just before noon on Friday, July 11, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>11:59 a.m.<\/b><b> <\/b>&#8211; The wheels of Air Force One officially touched down on the tarmac. <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland before visiting the Hill Country on Friday, July 11, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>12:18 p.m.<\/b><b> <\/b>&#8211; Marine helicopters, presumably with the president and first lady onboard, departed Kelly Field. They were bound for Kerr County. <\/p>\n<p>Marine helicopters departed Kelly Field on Friday, July 11, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>1 p.m. <\/b>&#8211; Joined by Gov. Greg Abbott, the president and the first lady began their tour of storm damage from the July 4 floods in Kerrville. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>1:11 p.m. <\/b>&#8211; The president, first lady and governor visited with Kerrville Fire Department Chief Eric Maloney. <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Governor Greg Abbott visited with Kerrville Fire Department Chief Eric Maloney on Friday, July 11, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>2:47 p.m. <\/b><b>&#8211; <\/b>A roundtable discussion featuring the president, first lady, Abbott, other lawmakers and first responders began in Kerrville. <\/p>\n<p>A roundtable discussion featuring President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other local officials began on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Kerrville. (ABC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>3:32 p.m.<\/b><b> <\/b>&#8211; The roundtable discussion concluded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More related coverage of President Trump\u2019s visit to the Hill Country on KSAT: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 After more than 100 people were killed due to flooding in Kerr and Kendall counties,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,18717,33212,33216,30887,30742,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-58918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-hill-country","10":"tag-hill-country-floods","11":"tag-july-4-floods","12":"tag-kerr-county","13":"tag-kerrville","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-sanantonio","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114838874608157159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}