More than 20 children missing from summer camp, 13 people dead
According to local authorities, the storm and heavy rain triggered the deadly flash flood along the Guadalupe River in South-Middle Texas on Friday, killed at least 13 people and left more than 20 girls from a summer holiday camp.
The US National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency for some parts of Kerr County in the South-Middle Texas Hill country, located about 105 kilometers northwest of San Antonio, after a rain falling up to 30 centimeters.
The Guadelupe River in the center of Texas increased by 8 meters 45 minutes after intense torrential rainfall.Credit: AP
District seat Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, journalists, authorities to prevent evacuation orders by preventing the dawn before the dawn was shot with very few warnings, he said.
“This was very quickly for a very short time, even on the radar, Rice said Rice. “This happened less than two hours.”
The Kerr County Sheriff Office reported that 13 people were found dead in the region “disaster flood” in the region.
Texas Lieutenant Governor, Patrick, authorities, the Guadalupe River by flood waters of 4 am US central clock in the central clock in a summer camp in a summer camp, more than 700 children were looking for 23 girls, he said.
Patrick, a late news conference in the afternoon, the river rose in 45 minutes about 8 meters, he said.
In addition to hundreds of emergency staff who recovery from trees and fast -flowing water, 14 helicopters and a dozen drone were flying. Authorities, Federal and US Coast Guard personnel helped local authorities, he said.
