A dead Because of floods In the center in the south Texas Local authorities reported on Tuesday, July 8.
As indicated at the press conference Larry Leita is Jr.Sheriff Kerr District,- the most damaging from the disaster- 87 people were already discovered in their jurisdiction.
🚨 Gap: Mortality from catastrophic floods here, in the Texas hill, surpassed 100, to the authorities
Several victims are still absent.
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Of these, 56 are adults and 30 children, with the age of the victim remains to be determined.
According to Leita, the youngest, the bodies of 19 adults and seven minors are also left without identification.
The sheriff said that the five girls who were placed in the camp of Christian mysticism, and the monitor still disappeared. In the center of at least 27 tourists died from the growth of the Guadalup river.
The media, such as The Fox News Chaine, said today that other Texas believe
🚨 Rupture: Texas National Guard successfully saved a total of 520 victims from floods
This includes the massive evacuation of air 361 from the UH-60 Blackhawks and 159 salvations with terrestrial assets
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In days after floods, local authorities were faced with questions from residents and experts about why the areas near the river were not evacuated to precipitation.
At today’s press conference, before the questions of various reporters, Aguacil Leita, the youngest, said that he was not his priority to evaluate the response of the authorities on July 4.
Right now, there are three priorities: to find people who are still lost, identify them and notify their relatives, ”he said.
Several residents of Kerville were indicated in an interview with EFE, who received warning warning and pouring rains early in the morning of July, but they were not asked to evacuate or move to another area.
From 1:00 on Saturday, the National Meteorological Service (NWS) began to issue alerts about the threat of floods in the flag and Kerr districts.
🚨 gap: Death Playds in floods in Texas
Extraordinary situations that are currently going through people along the Guadalup River in the Kerr district in order to achieve higher places as a potential approach to the flood
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In one of the first press, after the disaster, the authorities admitted that the forecasts of rain underestimated the amount of precipitation.
Some experts, however, expressed doubts about how prepared the region, given the magnitude of the tragedy.
“It seems that they could take (…) preventive measures to reduce the risk of death if the organizers of the injured camps and local authorities took part in the warnings of the government and private weather sources,” said the chief meteorologist of Accuweather, the local environment of The Texas Tribune reports.
In total, between July 3 to the morning of 4, they accumulated from 12.7 to 27.9 centimeters of the rain in the districts of Kerr, the flag, Tom Green and Kendall, according to NWS.
With information EFE
