Nevertheless, the search for at least 20 missing people lack girls who took part in the summer camp. According to the authorities, hundreds of rescuers are on the road in the Kerr area, including more than 160 on helicopters.
At an earlier press conference, Sheriff Leita said that the children were also identified. As for the missing girls, he said that they could save themselves on a tree and are currently inaccessible.
Deputy Governor of Texas Dan Patrick said that the missing girls took part in the Christian summer camp near the injured River Guadalup. The level of Guadalup was swollen only eight meters overnight.
“The camp was completely destroyed,” said 13-year-old Elinor Leicester, one of the hundreds of participants in the recreation camp in the mystic camp. “The helicopter landed and began to remove people. It was really scary. ” The girls in their hut were torn from the storm about 1.30 a.m. on Friday morning. Rescue workers were excited when they saw the rope on which the girls could hold on to cross the bridge while the water flowed around the knees.
The stream at night surprised residents, tourists and authorities. The authorities admitted that they did not expect such cruel rains. In this area, so much rain fell within a few hours, as after a few months. The National Weather Service predicted only 80 to 150 liters of rain per square meter, said the head of the Department of Emergency Situations of Texas, him Kidd. The actual amount of rain was not announced.
44-year-old Matthew Stone from Kerrville said that the police knocked on his door at 5:30 in the morning, there was no warning on his mobile phone. “We did not receive an emergency alarm. There was nothing, ”said Stone. Then: “The Wall of Death is a blocknote.”
In Inigram, Erin Burges was awakened by thunder and rain at 3:30 in the morning. After only 20 minutes, the water flocked to her house, which is located directly opposite the river, as she reports. Within an hour, she clung to the tree until the water passed to the fact that she could climb the hill to the house of a neighbor. “My son and I went to the tree that we held on to, and my friend and my dog left,” Burges said. But both are good.
Trump is alarmed
US President Donald Trump was alarmed: “This is terrible, floods. It is shocking, ”he told reporters.
About 500 rescue workers and 14 helicopters were deployed, the National Texas Guard and the American cake were also involved. Freeman Martin, the head of the public security department in Texas, warned of another “further tidal wave”, which is in motion.
The head of the district administration Rob Kelly previously spoke of “extremely destructive and fatal” floods. He also explained that in this area there were such autumn floods that were “the most dangerous river valley in the United States.” The stream was now unexpected. Governor Texas Greg Ebbott assured the support of “all available forces.”
In Texas, at least ten people died as a result of autumn flood during autumn flooding in San Antonio, southeast from Kerr.
