Search Operations Continue After Texas Floods; Dozens Killed

The hunt for group missing aft deadly flash flooding on nan Guadalupe River in Texas continued Sunday, July 6. Authorities said location are astatine slightest 59 group who person died successful Kerr County, including 21 children. Multiple others person been reported dormant successful different counties arsenic well.

There are still astir 11 girls unaccounted for from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian campy successful Hunt. It is still chartless precisely really galore different group are missing, pinch officials saying it would beryllium difficult to estimate astatine this time. Helicopters, boats and drones were deployed by rescuers to find people.

‘Horrendously ravaged’

Reuters reported that dense rainfall drove stream waters arsenic precocious arsenic 29 feet connected Friday, July 4, erstwhile nan flooding started. On Saturday, July 5, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he visited Camp Mystic and that it was “horrendously ravaged.”

“The tallness nan rushing h2o reached to nan apical of cabins was shocking. We won’t extremity until we find each woman who was successful those cabins,” Abbott said successful a station connected X.

In 1 cabin, Reuters notes, mud lines showed that nan h2o had risen astatine slightest 6 feet from nan floor, and individual belongings were caked pinch mud. There were immoderate buildings pinch surgery windows, and 1 had a missing wall.

Disaster declaration announced

President Donald Trump announced Sunday, July 6, that he had signed a disaster declaration.

“These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, pinch galore lives lost, and galore still missing,” he wrote connected Truth Social. “The Trump Administration continues to activity intimately pinch State and Local Leaders.”

Some person questioned whether group were fixed capable announcement astir nan storm. AccuWeather said successful a connection to nan Associated Press that it and nan National Weather Service sent warnings astir flash floods hours earlier nan disaster connected July 4.

“These warnings should person provided officials pinch ample clip to evacuate camps specified arsenic Camp Mystic and get group to safety,” nan connection said.

The National Weather Service San Antonio-Austin extended a flood watch done 7 p.m. connected Sunday, July 6. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible, arsenic good arsenic “isolated pockets of 10 inches” successful nan watch area.