Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Newsmax on Tuesday about her “heartbreaking” visit to central Texas on Saturday after flash floods battered the region, claiming more than 100 deaths, with dozens of others still missing.

“As soon as the flooding happened and I found out about it, I went there immediately,” Noem told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “Got there early [Saturday] afternoon. I knew I would see a lot of devastation and tragedy, but people were just broken.

“I had a briefing with all the emergency responders that were there … and the governor [Greg Abbott] was there, and so I had the chance to find out what they were currently doing. We had already deployed our Coast Guard there, and then we had some special teams from Customs and Border Protection that were there. So, we already had federal resources on the ground.”

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