We wont be in a Economic Impact for that area for quite some time. On the phone with us, the Salvation Army emergency director for texas. Director, thank you for taking the time. What is it like there today, lets say versus yesterday . Well, obviously things are just very busy. Things are changing rapidly. Were continuing to monitor the situation right now that is somewhat of a emergency situation in beaumont. We just received words maybe five minutes ago that the reservoir is now going to open up their floodgates, which puts counties of casper and newton more additional water being brought in there. So we have a crisis situation there that is unparalleled just in those areas that we havent even been able to address yet. Were prepared for them. We know that this eventuality was there, so we had units standing by poised to go in, but were looking at roadmaps now. Theres not a road open in that area we cant begin to move yet. But in houston, we are mustering our forces rapidly. We have I
They are all working as swiftly as possible to restore power. For the texas tceq, they have been working with the epa on a daily basis to address environmental based issues. They have deployed rapid needed teams to assess needs that have arisen in certain areas. Including water teams, focused in that regard on the Corpus Christi and rockport areas. A report from the texas parks and wildlife, they have 5,000 evacuees at state parts in the state of texas, most of those are in shelters, cabins, or mobile homes. A report from the department of Public Safety, there are more than 2,000 department of Public Safety who are deployed to targeted regions and they will continue those deployments. To ensure the safety and security is maintained in those regions. From the texas forest service, they continue assisting local Fire Departments in all the affected regions. From the department of health, theyve deployed multiple Health Care Teams to give an example of what they are doing, they have set up
The staff of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is set to recommend lawmakers consider a variety of ways to reduce its reinsurance purchases