More than 161 people went missing, and at least 109 died after the destructive floods that occurred in Texas (USA) last weekend the state governor said on Tuesday, Greg EbbottField
We must find each of the people (…), which is the number one priority, ”the republican leader said during the press conference from Hunt (Texas), one of the peoples most affected by catastropheField
Only in the district Kerr– Where is he located Hunt And KerrivilleAccording to the numbers of the governor, another of the cities with the more injured- 94 dead and all disappeared, were recorded.
The authorities in this region launched a system for people to register their loved ones and collected this information with identified bodies.
“We received information about people who were not registered in the summer camp or in the hotel and who came here, but did not know them,” the Republican said. List of absent “very likely“He will increase, he added.
The tragedy in this state was deepened by the number of victims that are minors, still 30 in KerrIncluding 21 confirmed 6 deaths from a Christian camp for youth.
The local authorities were questioned by residents and experts for not ordering the evacuation of districts near the river, despite the heavy rains.
Before pressure, Ebbott At the press conference, he announced that a special session of the state legislative body will be convened to study the “each aspect of the storm” and provide the necessary systems to prevent other tragedies in the future.
In the statements to the media, also today, from the press today, to questions of different reporters, a sheriff KerrIN Larry Leita The youngest said that he was not his priority – to assess the response of the authorities on the night of July four.
“There are three priorities right now: find people who are still lost, identify them and notify their relatives,” he said.
Several inhabitants Coveryl In an interview with EFE, they indicated that in the early hours of July 4, they received flooding warnings and heavy rains, but they were not asked to evacuate or move to another area.
From 1:00 on Saturday National Meteorological Service (NWSFor his abbreviations in English) began to issue alerts about the threat of floods in the districts of the flag and Kerr.
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 were present at the warnings of the government and private weather sources,” said the main meteorologist of the company AccuweatherAccording to the local media The Texas Tribune.
In total, between the night of July 3 until the morning of 4, they accumulated from 12.7 to 27.9 centimeters of rain in the districts KerrIN FlagIN Tom Green And KendallAccording to NWS.
With information EFE
