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Texas. Obama declara situação de desastre (fotos)

Texas. Obama declara situação de desastre (fotos)

epa04776502 Beatrice Banda paddles a rubber raft through floodwater in Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 May 2015. Parts of east central Texas were inundated by water after heavy rainfall turned highways into rivers that swept away bridges, cars and homes. More than 20 people were killed in Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico, where a tornado spawned by the storm system struck over the weekend. More than 12 people were still missing across the region. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
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epa04776500 Beatrice Banda paddles a rubber raft through floodwater in Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 May 2015. Parts of east central Texas were inundated by water after heavy rainfall turned highways into rivers that swept away bridges, cars and homes. More than 20 people were killed in Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico, where a tornado spawned by the storm system struck over the weekend. More than 12 people were still missing across the region. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
epa04776504 A stalled car sits in floodewater at a gas station off of Loop 12 in Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 May 2015. Parts of east central Texas were inundated by water after heavy rainfall turned highways into rivers that swept away bridges, cars and homes. More than 20 people were killed in Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico, where a tornado spawned by the storm system struck over the weekend. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
epa04776493 David Tasby drives his car through the floodwater in Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 May 2015. Parts of east central Texas were inundated by water after heavy rainfall turned highways into rivers that swept away bridges, cars and homes. More than 20 people were killed in Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico, where a tornado spawned by the storm system struck over the weekend. More than 12 people were still missing across the region. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
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© epa04776502 Beatrice Banda paddles a rubber raft through floodwater in Dallas, Texas, USA, 30 May 2015. Parts of east central Texas were inundated by water after heavy rainfall turned highways into rivers that swept away bridges, cars and homes. More than 20 people were killed in Texas, Oklahoma and northern Mexico, where a tornado spawned by the storm system struck over the weekend. More than 12 people were still missing across the region. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

Inundações já provocaram a morte a 21 pessoas naquele estado.

O Presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, assinou este sábado uma declaração de situação de desastre no Texas devido às fortes chuvas e inundações dos últimos dias que já provocaram a morte a 21 pessoas naquele estado.

Em comunicado, a Casa Branca informou que a declaração do Presidente implica o envio de ajuda federal para complementar a que está a ser proporcionada pelo estado, os municípios e as reservas de nativos americanos.

Desde o início de Maio, mas especialmente na última semana, várias tempestades, tornados e ventos fortes assolaram a zona sul dos Estados Unidos o que provocou grandes inundações que deixaram totalmente alagadas por vários dias cidades como Houston, a quarta maior do país.

A declaração de Obama responde à petição expressa do governador do Texas, o republicano Greg Abbott, e coloca fundos federais à disposição das pessoas afetadas nos condados de Harris, Hays e Van Zandt.

O mau tempo nos Estados Unidos deixou ainda seis mortos em Oklahoma e 14 no norte do México, obrigando ainda muitas pessoas a abandonarem as suas casas.

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