Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered Canada’s assistance to the U.S. after Texas was hard-hit by Hurricane Harvey.
Trudeau made the offer during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon.
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“The Prime Minister offered his condolences to all those affected by Hurricane Harvey,” states a read out from the Prime Minister’s office.
“The Prime Minister also offered Canadian assistance to support the response and recovery efforts.”
Harvey has drenched the Gulf coast in record amounts of rain, forcing around 32,000 people across the region to flee to emergency shelters. At least 30 people have died in flooding or storm-related incidents since last weekend when it hit.
The flooding also caused a series of explosions at a chemical factory northeast of Houston, where officials warned that more blasts were likely to come.
There are not yet details on what Canada’s support to the recovery efforts would entail.
“President Trump thanked Prime Minister Trudeau and the people of Canada for their offer of assistance and underscored the close ties between our two nations,” a read out of the call from the White House said.
Trump and Trudeau also discussed the ongoing NAFTA negotiations, which are set to start Friday in Mexico city, the White House added.
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The U.S.’s southern neighbour — and the third NAFTA partner — has also offered to help post-Harvey.
“The Mexican government takes this opportunity to express its full solidarity with the people and government of the United States as a result of the damages caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and expresses that it has offered to provide help and cooperation to the U.S. government in order to deal with the impact of this natural disaster—as good neighbors should always do in trying times,” Mexico’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
Trump has not officially responded to the offer, but a White House spokesperson told the Hill:
“The White House is grateful for the outpouring of support coming in from around the world. We are aware of Mexico’s offer, and FEMA is coordinating with the State Department on the appropriate next steps.”
Later on Thursday, the White House announced Trump will be donating one million dollars of his personal money to help the cleanup of Harvey.
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