The number of flood victims that hit several districts in the central part of the US state Texas on Friday increased to at least 59. Texas Vice -Governor Dan Patrick said it on Sunday, AFP said.
Most of the victims were reported before the Kerr district, where at least 43 people lost their lives. There are 15 children and 28 adults, while five children and 12 adults have not yet been identified. One person died in Kendall district, four people died in the Travis district and at least four people and at least four people.
She died in San Angelo In the floods of a 62-year-old woman whose body, according to the local police, was found “several blocks” from her flooded car. The devastating floods in the area northwest of the Texas City of San Antonio caused a storm, during which a few months of precipitation fell in a short time. As a result, the level of the Guadalupe River increased by less than eight meters in less than an hour.
Still missing are 27 girls from the summer Christian camp Camp Mysticwhere approximately 750 girls were in the disaster. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the camp was devastated in a way he had never seen in any natural disaster.
Pope Leo XIV also expressed their condolences to the victims of the devastating floods in Texas on Sunday. “I would like to express my sincere condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones, especially the daughters who were in the summer camp. We pray for them,” the Pope said after the prayer of the Angel of the Lord. The White House on Sunday announced that President Donald Trump would provide the state of Texas with “all available resources” to cope with the consequences of floods.