Trump visits flood damaged areas in Texas

特朗普访问了德克萨斯州洪水灾区

World Business Report

2025-07-12

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President Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump have visited central Texas today to survey where flash floods killed 120 people last weekend. As search teams continue to search for more than 160 people still missing, Mr Trump and his wife met families affected by the floods and first responders. Dr Sam Brody, Director of the Institute for Disaster Resilient Texas and a Professor at Texas A&M University discusses how disasters like this might be avoided in the future. Also on the programme, what impact could the 35% tariffs for Canada announced by Trump yesterday have on businesses there and why the post-covid trend of converting office buildings to homes is gathering momentum in New York.
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  • Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Victoria Craig and on this edition we're taking you to Central Texas where President Trump has been meeting with families and first responders affected by last weekend's devastating floods.

  • Plus some breaking news for you.

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  • Our business correspondent brings us the very latest on those findings and will venture out onto the streets of Manhattan and take a look at why the post covid trend of converting office buildings to homes is gathering momentum here in New York.

  • They're really well located.

  • They're close to Grand Central.

  • So to make Midtown more mixed use that kind of excites us.

  • But first we begin in Texas.

  • The First Lady and I are here in Texas to express the love and support and the anguish of our entire nation in the aftermath of this really horrific and deadly flood.

  • Nobody has any idea how and why a thing like this could happen.

  • And by the way, I have to tell you the people here.