Editor’s Note: The video above is KXAN’s flood coverage on July 17, 2026.<\/p>\n
AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 After this week’s catastrophic flooding in Central Texas, President Donald Trump has authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts to counties affected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Federal disaster relief assistance will include the following counties:<\/p>\n
Federal disaster assistance is available to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the flooding that began July 12, according to a press release from FEMA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition, FEMA will provide assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe, the release added.<\/p>\n
The release said FEMA is authorized to “identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.”<\/p>\n
Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75% federal funding, the release said.<\/p>\n
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