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Donald and Melania Trump set off to visit flooded Texas wearing the most inappropriate clothes imaginable

The First Lady was savaged for donning a towering pair of stiletto heels while her husband wore cream-coloured trousersDonald and Melania Trump have set off to visit Texas' stricken flood victims wearing the most wildly inappropriate clothes imaginable.

The First Lady was savaged for donning aviators and a towering pair of stiletto heels as she began the journey today.

The President didn't do much better - donning a cream-coloured pair of trousers that appeared to resemble golfing chinos under his rain jacket.

The pair would of course have plenty of time to change on the 1,500-mile journey from the White House to Austin, Texas.

But Trump - and particularly his wife - faced an onslaught of mockery from Twitter users as they set out on their trip.

Let's hope they change on the plane... (Image: REUTERS)

... Before they arrive to this (Image: Getty Images North America)

"This is a bold Melania shoe choice for a hurricane," wrote one.

Another said: "I'm confused. Is Melania flying Marine One or is there a Top Gun reunion in Texas?"

A third said it sent the wrong message when heading to a fatal storm. "Be appropriate in a time of crises," the Twitter user wrote. "If you don't want to play the part at least look the part Melania. Not a cat walk. A flood walk."

Today's visit is Trump's first to survey the response to devastating Tropical Storm Harvey, the first major natural disaster of his White House tenure.

The slow-moving storm has brought catastrophic flooding to Texas, killed at least nine people, led to mass evacuations and paralyzed Houston, the fourth biggest US city.

Twitter users mocked Melania's stilettos and some said they were inappropriate (Image: AFP)

Her husband also chose a not-too-flood-friendly get-up to start (Image: REUTERS)

Some 30,000 people were expected to seek emergency shelter as the flooding entered its fourth day and there were fears reservoirs would overflow.

Officials in Harris County, where Houston is located, released water to alleviate pressure on two dams, a move that would add to flooding along the Buffalo Bayou waterway that runs through the area.

"This is something we've never seen before," said Jeff Linder, a meteorologist with Harris County's flood control district. "We have uncertainty in how the water is going to react."

Officials encouraged residents in six neighbourhoods around the reservoirs to evacuate before the water levels around their homes rise.

Harvey is the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years (Image: REUTERS)

National guardsmen rescue stranded residents after the massive flooding(Image: REX/Shutterstock)

A baby is held as homes are evacuated across the Texan city of Houston(Image: Getty Images North America)

Harvey has roiled energy markets and wrought damage estimated to be in the billions of dollars, with rebuilding likely to last beyond Trump's current four-year term in office.

"Leaving now for Texas!" Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday morning before he left the White House to begin his trip.

Trump was scheduled to arrive in Corpus Christi, near where Harvey came ashore on Friday as the most powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years. He will later go to the Texas capital, Austin.

While much of the damage in Houston has been rain-related, the storm's winds picked up overnight, bending street signs and tearing at metal fences in the downtown.

Trump and Melania made the initial journey on Marine One before stepping onto a jet (Image: AFP)

A presidential aide brings luggage bags to the helicopter (Image: Getty Images North America)

Much of the Houston metropolitan area, where 6.8 million people live, remained underwater on Tuesday, with some parts of the region recording more than 40 inches (1 m) of rain since the storm's arrival.