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They add 32 dead on floods in Texas

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A floods which influenced the center to the south TexasThe United States, from Friday, they leave 32 deadLocal authorities reported this Saturday.

Larry Leita is Jr.Sheriff del Kerr DistrictThe area east of the city of San Antonio, the most affected by severe flood River GuadalupIt was confirmed at the press conference that there are already 32 bodies of the dead that were discovered.

Of these, 18 are adults, five of which were not identified, and 14 are children, three of whom were unidentified, explained by Leita, youngest.

At the moment, there are 27 people whose disappearance is confirmed, all of them are girls and monitors who were in the Christian camp for mystical girls located on the banks of Guadalup, near the city of Khant, in the Kerr district.

As for the total number of missing people, the local authorities do not want to indicate the exact figure, still because of a large number of people outside the region they visited, and camping in the area on the occasion of the holidays on July 4.

I told the rescue teams that it is necessary to hurry, ”said the Governor of Texas, for his part. Greg EbbottDuring the press conference.

Ebbott expanded the statement of the catastrophic zone in the district Bersar, Bernet, Koldwell, Guadalup, Travis and Williamson.

For his part, the secretary of national security, Christie NooyHe said that his portfolio will continue to make resources for search and rescue operations.

In particular, he talked about the larger number of coastal guard helicopters or drones with heat chambers, “which can continue to work all night.”

Noem also explained that he would go to the mystical camp.

Director of the Texas Disaster Management, Him KiddHe said that a total of more than 2200 military personnel activated at the local and federal levels, already deployed in the injured region.

He National Meteorological Service of the United States He explained that on Friday on Friday he had only been accumulated for more than 30 centimeters of precipitation, which lifted the flow of Guadalup, near the hunt, at the second largest level, 9.9 meters high.

With information EFE

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