Liputan6.com, Washington, County of Colombia – On Sunday (7/7/2025), they died at death from sudden floods in Texas (USA), including at least 28 children. The search for girls who disappeared from the summer camp entered on the third day, while fears in front of tremors causes new evacuation.
Larry Leita, the Okrug of Sheriff Kerr in the Texas -Hill region, said that 68 people were killed by flooding in his area, which became the center of this disaster, including 28 children. The governor of Texas Greg Ebbott, at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, said that 10 other people died in other regions of Texas, and 41 people were missing. The governor did not mention how many victims outside the Kerr district, who were children. So, as reported CNA.
One of the most terrible consequences of this flood occurred in the Mistik camp, a summer camp for girls based on Christian teachings, which were established for almost centuries. On Sunday, the Sheriff Leita said that 10 children participating in the camps of the Mistik camp, and one leader was still missing.
“It’s really terrible to see what the little children survived,” said Ebbott, who visited this area on Saturday (5/7) and promised to continue to make efforts to find the lost ones.
The floods occurred after the Guadalup river, which was crowded with a region of heavy rain, which washed the region of Central Texas on Friday (4/7) to match the Day of Independence of the United States.
The head of the Texas Emergency Situations Agency, Nim Kidd, announced a press on Sunday afternoon that three people in the district of Bernet, one person in Tom Green, five people in the district of Travis and one person in Williamson, killed the flood.
“You will see an increase in the number of those killed today and tomorrow,” said Freeman Martin, director of the Texas public security department, on Sunday.
According to the US Department of Security, the Federal Emergency Agency (FEMA) began to perform operations to respond to emergency situations on Sunday and mobilized resources to support the first response officers in Texas after President Donald Trump made a serious disaster declaration.
