President Trump to visit Texas amid Kerrville flooding disaster

A week after catastrophic floods tore across the Texas Hill Country, authorities and volunteers on the ground Friday are searching for over 160 missing people as residents in hard-hit areas mourn the dead. President Donald Trump is expected to visit the region.

Here's what we know about Trump's visit.

Trump to visit Texas: See schedule

The White House released a schedule for Trump's visit to Texas on Friday, July 11. All times are in Central Time.

• 8:30 a.m.: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart from the White House and travel to Kerrville, Texas.
• 11:20 a.m.: The president and first lady arrive in Kerrville.
• 1:10 p.m.: The president and first lady participate in a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials.
• 2:15 p.m.: The president and first lady depart from Kerrville and travel to Bedminster, New Jersey.

What did Trump say about the Texas floods?

Trump issued a disaster declaration for the Central Texas area on Sunday, releasing federal funds for those affected by flooding in Kerr County as well as emergency work and repairs. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas first responders had "saved more than 850 lives."

"It's a horrible thing that took place, absolutely horrible," Trump said. "So we say, God bless all of the people that have gone through so much, and God bless, God bless the state of Texas."

On Sunday, the president announced plans to visit areas of Texas hardest hit by the floods.

Trump says he supports alarm system after Texas floods

In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press on Thursday, Trump said the Texas flood was a "once-in-every-200-year" event and expressed his support for installing an alarm system to warn of such emergencies.

"After having seen this horrible event, I would imagine you’d put alarms up in some form," Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press on Thursday ahead of the trip, noting, "local officials were hit by this just like everybody else."

Questions remain about what more could have been done to warn residents of the flooding, which surged the Guadalupe River nearly 30 feet in less than an hour. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's legislative agenda for an upcoming special session includes discussions on flood warning systems, communications and natural disaster preparation and recovery.},