Texas flooding latest: desperate search for survivors after dozens killed and girls at summer camp missing | Texas
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Dalton Rice, City Director KurvilleThe provincial headquarters told reporters that the severe floods that were subjected to a few or non -existent warning, preventing the authorities from issuing any evacuation orders.
“This has happened very quickly, over a very short period of time, it cannot be predicted, even with the radar,” Rice said. “This happened in less than two hours.”
At a press conference on Friday afternoon, Texas The ruler, Lieutenant Dan Patrick, said that 23 children from the Mestic camp, a special Christian summer camp for girls, was not missing for 750 who were staying there at that time.
He asked people to stay away from the area, saying that the Texas Emergency Management Department had 14 helicopters and hundreds of emergency workers participating in the search and rescue operations. “
Patrick said that Donald Trump has been informed of the situation and answered: “All we need, we can get it.”
A Texas official said that a hundred soldiers would participate in the search and rescue.
The desperate search for the survivors after dozens were killed due to Texas flooding
At least 24 people died after heavy rains fired flash floods along the Guadalobi River in Texas Friday Local officials said that the rescue teams had stood to save dozens of victims trapped in high water or report their loss in the disaster.
Among the missing persons, there were 23 to 25 people listed in the camp in a Christian summer camp. San AntonioThe authorities said.
The area was suffering from death and disasters on Friday after months of heavy rains that fell within hours. In less than an hour, the river rose 26 feet (7.9 meters).
The British Broadcasting Corporation said that the floods invaded mobile houses, vehicles and holiday cabinets, as people were spending the weekend on July 4.
The search teams perform boats and helicopters in the fast water that surpassed river communities and summer camps for children. However, the research has been disabled through limited access to the area. Phones are broken, making communication with people difficult.
The US National Weather Service announced a flash flooding of parts of the CARE province, in the south of the central Texas Hill, after the heavy rains.
Sharif, Care Larry Laitha Province, said at least 24 deaths had been confirmed by his “catastrophic floods” office.
The state of emergency has been announced in many provinces, and the White House provided additional assistance.
Speaking to the journalists on Air Force One at the end of the day on Friday, Trump said, “We will take care of them”, when they were asked about federal aid to the catastrophe.
We will give you the latest updates about this developing story.
