Donald Trump to visit storm-ravaged Texas tomorrow

US President Donald Trump will visit storm-ravaged Texas tomorrow, even as the administration ramps up its response to the most powerful hurricane to hit America in 13 years. 

The White House said Trump took to Twitter yesterday to indicate he was monitoring Tropical Storm Harvey, which continues to wreak havoc on the Texas Gulf Coast after being downgraded from a hurricane. The president praised the great coordination between all levels of government and "great talent on the ground.

Meanwhile, hurricane Harvey left



a trail of destruction as it sept through Texas yesterday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least 5 lives since making landfall on the US' Gulf Coast.The National Weather Service called the flooding in Texas unprecedented as the State experienced a record breaking 50 inches of rain in parts of Texas. 

In a statement the Service said the breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before and the catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days.