Texas floods: 21 children among more than 70 dead as desperate search continues for summer campers
The burden of death due to destructive floods in Middle Texas reached 71 as a desperate search for dozens of children’s camps.
At least four girls who were missing in a summer camp were found dead, and at least 21 children, who Chip Roy, the Texas GOP Congress, described as “a flood in the century ,, were killed.
There are 27 young girls from Camp Mystic Summer Camp.
Selin Central Base Texas Hill Country Kerr District Şerif Larry Leith, Camp Mystic Summer Camp about 27 girls are missing, he said.
“We look at it in two ways, called the known lost, that is, 27… We will not put a number on the other side because we do not know.”
The Summer Camp was organized near the Guadalupe River, which broke its banks after a heavy rain in the Texas region, based on Friday.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Patrick, Camp Mystic said that he had 700 daughters on the field at the moment of flood.
Authorities said in a statement on Saturday, about 140 km northwest of San Antonio, a sudden storm in the region up to 38 cm after raining, adhering to some trees adhering to more than 850 people rescued, he said.
It was not clear how many people were still missing in the area.
Evi Everyone in the community is suffering, Leit Leitha said to journalists.
The Ministry of Homeland Security said in a statement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was activated on Sunday, and President Donald Trump said that he used resources to the first intervention teams in Texas after publishing a major disaster declaration.
DHS said that the United States coastal security helicopters and planes helped to search and rescue efforts.
NOAA’yı Internal Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Thursday, a “moderate” flood clock published by the National Weather Service did not predict excessive rainfall correctly and the management is trying to raise the system, he said.
More rain was expected in the region on Sunday.
The National Weather Service released a flood clock for Kerr County until 13.00 local time.
The disaster emerged rapidly on Friday morning, because heavier rain, river waters quickly rose to nine meters.
Lost girls and consultants came from the Camp Mystic Summer Camp, a almost century -old Christian girl camp with 700 daughters at the time of floods.
One day after the disaster, the camp was a destruction scene.
In a cabin, the sludge lines showing how much water rose were at least 1.83 meters from the ground.
Mud -covered bed frames, beds and personal belongings were scattered.
Some buildings broke the windows, one had a missing wall.
– with Reuters
