Trump praises Texans on trip to Harvey disaster zone

CORPUS CHRISTI: President Donald Trump toured the Harvey disaster zone in Texas on Tuesday as he sought to project an image of leadership in America's first big natural disaster since he took office, as the battered US Gulf Coast girded for another hit from the huge storm.

Four days after Harvey slammed onshore as a Category Four hurricane, turning roads into rivers and neighborhoods into lakes in America's fourth-largest city, emergency crews still struggled to reach hundreds of stranded people in a massive round-the-clock rescue operation.