The American authorities announced on Saturday that about 43 people were killed, including 15 children, after a wide torrent that covered in the center of Texas, while rescuers continue the feverish search for two camps, vacationers and residents who were still missing.
The officials said that more than 850 people were saved, including those who clung to the trees, after a sudden storm rain caused rain with more than 30 centimeters in the area surrounding the Jadalabi River, about 137 km north of San Antonio.
Among the missing are 27 girls from the summer camp of mysteia. The mayor of Kerville Dalton Rice said that in this area it could skip more.
He added during the press conference: “We look somewhat at this question in two ways, called well -known missing people, and they are twenty -seven, we will not place the number on the other side because we do not know.”
The disaster was quickly disclosed on Friday morning, with longer rains, which were expected, which quickly led to river water at eight meters.
“We know that the rivers are growing, but no one expected it,” said Rob Kelly, the judge of the province of Kiir and the local official in the area.
Larry La -la -the car for the police chief said that eight confirmed the dead, including three children, have not yet been identified.
National meteorological power stated that the state of torrents ended mainly in some parts of the province of medical care in the south of Central Texas, after the thunderstorms were accompanied by heavy rains on Friday. Flood control lasted up to seven evening in a wider area.
