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Texas rescue services are still looking for 27 missing girls in the floods who devastated the US state, who have already caused the deaths of at least 52 people. The disaster was caused by a storm that raised the waters of the Guadalupe 8 meters in just 45 minutes.
The number of dead by floods in the south center of Texas rose to 52authorities from several communities affected by the devastation caused by the strong floods of Friday no rio Guadalupe.
The floods were caused by storms They started yesterday afternoon at the state center and continued at night and dawn on Saturday, although with less intensity. During this period they were registered More than 300 millimeters of precipitation, one third of the annual average.
According to Kerr County Sheriff, Larry Leitha Jr.the number of bodies recovered rose to 43, including 28 adults and 15 childrenafter the devastation caused by Friday’s strong floods on the Guadalupe River.
Almost 750 girls who participated in a camp of Christian summer on the banks of the Guadalupe River, 27 are missingadded Dalton Rice.
Authorities from other neighboring communities also reported deaths: three in Burnet County, one in Kendall County, one in Tom Green County and four in Travis County.
Hundreds of emergency workers are still in the flooded areas and Work continues to be “Search and Rescue“From what it asked the public to send Data on your missing family members with the last known location.
Second Dalton RiceMayor of Kerrville, Kerr County, central disaster, located east of San Antonio, this is the worst flood in the region since 1987. provides that the number of dead can increase.
Rice said that “hundreds” of people who were in camps in the area, About 800 in total, they were rescued and are being treated in local shelters.
Rescue teams continue to search the banks of the Guadalupe Riverin the Texas Hill Country region, looking for 27 girls Missing in the summer camp, says the Associated Press (AP) news agency.
The hills along the Guadalupe river are full of youth camps and Centenary campshops, which are particularly popular during the July 4 holiday.
At the camp where the 27 missing girls were, almost all the water had already retreated today, revealing a destruction landscapewith dozens of stranded cars, some of them trapped in trees, and torn vegetation, notice the AFP agency. Chaos reigned on the huts that housed the girls, where the floor was covered with mud and windows were broken.
The storm that this Friday surprised the population of the region made the waters of Rio Subisit eight meters in just 45 minutes before dawn, but The danger has not yet passed.
The torrential rainfall continued to reach Saturday Communities on the outskirts of San Antonio, with the authorities launched alerts and warnings of sudden floods that remain active.
In place there is Helicopters, boats and ‘drones’ who are still looking for victims and redeeming those in prison or isolated. “We will not stop until we find all the missing,” he said Nim KiddHead of the Texas Emergency Management Department.
Authorities have not yet clarified whether camps and residents in places very vulnerable to flooding received the warnings Suitable and sufficient preparations were made, added AP.
