The Mexican government offered the state of Texas, affected by Hurricane Harvey, humanitarian aid to serve the thousands affected by the floods. The offer was made by Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray, directly to Governor Greg Abbot.
"The Most Devastating Flood in Houston's History": Emergency in Texas Largest City After Storm Harvey Pass Storm Harvey: "We could not escape the hurricane because here we are all poor and now we have nothing left"
Chancellor's Undersecretary for North America, Carlos Sada, tells BBC Mundo that it was a "normal" procedure. "Help is offered to the authority that is in a critical situation," and so the first contact was with Abott, who "immediately accepted" the offer. But concrete aid needs the authorization of the government of Trump, who has the last word on that subject.
In any case, it would not be the first time that Mexico helps its neighbor. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina swept New Orleans and killed some 2,000 people in coastal towns from Florida to Texas, then-President Vicente Fox offered help to his colleague George Bush. In a few days 200 soldiers, sailors and doctors supported hundreds of Americans who lost everything in the flood. The offer is repeated 12 years later, but in a very different diplomatic environment. Lesson?
Harvey killed at least 8 people and affected about 30,000. But he has not left. It can still cause more damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency warns that rains and floods may intensify on Wednesday.
Even Trump said that "there was never anything like it" in Texas, referring to the devastation caused by the weather phenomenon.
Scientists say the effects of Hurricane Harvey were worsened by a lethal confluence of meteorological events: warm water in the Gulf of Mexico that intensified the rainfall, and a lack of winds in the upper atmosphere that could have steered Harvey away from land.
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