Trump declares Harvey disaster in Texas

HOUSTON - President Donald Trump says he has signed a disaster declaration for Texas as Hurricane Harvey nears on the middle Texas coast.
 Trump announced his declaration in a posting on his Twitter account.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@rea