Texas flooding latest: desperate search for survivors after dozens killed and girls at summer camp missing | Texas
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Dalton Rice, City Manager KerrvilleDistrict seat, in a statement to journalists, the authorities to prevent evacuation orders by preventing very little or never before the warning, he said.
“This was very quickly for a very short time, even on the radar, Rice said Rice. “This happened less than two hours.”
At a press conference held in the afternoon on Friday, Patrick from Tegmen Lieutenant Governor said that 23 children from Camp Mystic, a special Christian summer camp for girls, were not calculated for 750 people staying there.
Texas Emergency Management Department said that they had hundreds of emergency workers who participated in 14 helicopters and search and rescue operations, and asked them to stay away from the region. “
Patrick said that Donald Trump was informed about the situation and answered: ız No matter what we need, we may have it. ”
A Texas official said that one hundred soldiers would also participate in the search and rescue.
Desperate search for survivors after being killed by Texas flood
At least 24 people died after heavy rains were released along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday Local officials try to save dozens of victims who are trapped in high water or disaster.
Among the losses, a girl on the banks of Rain Engineering Guadalupe was in the Christian summer camp 23 to 25 people, 65 miles (105 km) in the north-west. San AntonioAuthorities said.
The region was fed with death and disaster on Friday after the heavy rain fell within a few hours for months. In less than one hour, the river rose 7.9m (26 feet).
BBC, Flood, people spent on July 4 weekend mobile houses, vehicles and holiday cabins, he said.
The search teams are running boat and helicopter rescues in fast -moving water that crosses communities on the river and children’s summer camps. However, the search was blocked by limited access to the region. The phones fell, which made it difficult to communicate with people.
The US National Weather Service declared a flood emergency for some parts of Kerr County, a South-Middle Texas Hill, after heavy downpour.
Şerif Larry Leitha, Kerr district, said that at least 24 deaths were confirmed by what his office called “disaster flood”.
In several districts, the state of emergency was declared and the White House offered additional aid.
Speaking to journalists in Air Force One on Friday, Trump said, “We will take care of them,” Trump said, “We will take care of them.”
We will bring you the latest updates about this developing story.
