Through the city and out to sea. Now to give you a sense of the power of that reverse tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here you had three metres of water sweeping everything in its path. It is an appalling loss of life the man in these pictures had onlyjust found his son, and was begging Rescue Workers not to move him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again there are some people who have lost 30 50 members of their extended family. Heres one survivor describing what he went through. Translation we woke up at around 33. 30am, i we heard a large bang. Anyone who was awake in derna for sure must ve heard it. The water was unbelievable, everyone could hear it coming. When we went outside, the city was gone, it had been raised to the ground. Well, to begin with, there are around 14 15 families which were swept away by the sea. Anyone who was in the valley was just swept away. Nine other people who live directly on the coast are gone, ma
Good morning. President trump has made improving the nations infrastructure a top priority and this committee is continuing its effort to highlight the nations infrastructure it is critical to the nations prosperity pie as members of this committee as the driver of the nations economy this committee has a long history of working together and a bipartisan way and i would continue that tradition. To have sweeping jurisdiction of the nations infrastructure focusing on the needs of Water Systems in indonesia this committees purview. Fin other western states are highlighting the name needs to prevent catastrophic flooding earlier this month more than 180,000 people were evacuated in california because storms cause serious damage to the oldest and in the United States potential threat concerned of state officials and People Living downstream any future Severe Weather events could make this even more critical ended is raising questions of the readiness of our infrastructure. Diem said levys a
Good morning. I call this hearing to order. President trump has made improving our nations infrastructure a top priority. And this committee is continuing its effort to highlight our nations infrastructure needs. As i stated infrastructure is critical to our nations prosperity. In personal meetings i have met with members of this committee, both sides of the aisle, and i will tell you that infrastructure is always listed as a top priority. It is a priority because it is a driver of the nations economy and it impacts every community. This committee has a long history of working together in a bipartisan way on infrastructure issues. I want to continue that tradition. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has sweeping jurisdiction over our nations infrastructure. Our last hearing focused on highways and roads and the needs of rural water systems, all of which within this committees purview. Recent natural weather events in the last month in california and in other western stat
Good morning. I call this hearing to order. President trump has made impr e improving our nations infrastructure a top priority and this is to highlight our infrastructure needs. It is critical to our nations prosperity. In personal meetings i have met with members of this committee both sides of the aisle and infrastructure is listed as a top priority because it is a driver of our nation aes econo and impacts every community. This community has a history of working together. I want to continue that tradition and has sweeping jurisdiction over our nations infrastructure. Our last meeting focused on highways and roads all within this committees purview. Recent rains in california and other western states highlight infrastructures and other structu structures, and dams that prevent catastrophic flooding in urban and rural communities. Earlier this month, 180 people were evacuated because of the dams in the United States. The potential dam failure is a concern to state officials and Peopl
Good morning. I call this hearing to order. President trump has made impr e improving our nations infrastructure a top priority and this is to highlight our infrastructure needs. It is critical to our nations prosperity. In personal meetings i have met with members of this committee both sides of the aisle and infrastructure is listed as a top priority because it is a driver of our nation aes econo and impacts every community. This community has a history of working together. I want to continue that tradition and has sweeping jurisdiction over our nations infrastructure. Our last meeting focused on highways and roads all within this committees purview. Recent rains in california and other western states highlight infrastructures and other structu structures, and dams that prevent catastrophic flooding in urban and rural communities. Earlier this month, 180 people were evacuated because of the dams in the United States. The potential dam failure is a concern to state officials and Peopl