Half a hundred dead. Among them are 15 children. And 27 girls from the not Mimixed Christian camp – the mystic camp – are still missing while the search in the area destroyed by the floods of the Guadalup River, in the center of Texas, is amplified. The total number of missing persons can be more, the authorities are afraid.
The Governor of Texas, Greg Ebbott (Republican), published a disaster for 15 districts affected by floods: the state deployed more than 1000 military personnel, and US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the Minister of National Security Christie Noem will be responsible for the government’s response.
Saved teams travel along the devastated landscape from the Texas center from Friday, with broken trees, cars and van and garbage full of mud. The mission is becoming more and more complicated to find survivors, including 27 missing girls from a flooded camp.
The National Meteorological Service explained that on Friday, in just 12 hours, more than 30 centimeters of precipitation accumulated in just 12 hours, which lifted the flow of Guadalup, near the hunt, to the second largest level, with a height of 9.9 meters, EFE reports.
Most of the deaths occurred in the Kerr district, in the area north -west of San Antonio, who received the worst floods. The authorities reported that 43 people were killed; 15 They were children. In other parts of the state, four people died in the Travis district; Three in the district Burnet; And one in the Kendall district, reports New York Times. Thirteen people also went missing in the Trevis district, which includes Austin.
Flooding in the center of Texas currently caused 51 deaths – only in the Kerr district were calculated, including 15 children.
Authorities, reports the Associated Press, who has not yet reported how many people were missing, in addition to 27 girls from the mystic camp, the Christian summer camp next to the river in the Kerr district, where most deaths registered most of the deaths
Water grew by 8 meters on the Guadalup River only 45 minutes before dawn on Friday, widespread houses and vehicles. But the danger did not stop, since the heavy rains continued to hit the communities on the outskirts of San Antonio on Saturday, and the warnings and warnings of floods were still valid.
Rescue equipment used helicopters, boats and drones to search for victims and salvation of people caught in trees, and in camps isolated from destroyed roads.
The Governor of Texas, Ebbot, promised that the authorities would tirelessly work on the salvation and restoration of the victims, and added that the new areas were looking for when he gave the water level.
