The number of deceased by floods in the center and south of Texas exceeded on Monday the 100, according to the count of local authorities. The last update comes from Kerr County, where the number of fatalities rose to 84, which raises the total dead due to floods in the state at least 104.
The last update comes from Kerr County, where the number of fatalities rose to 84, which raises the total dead for floods in the state at least to 104. Of all the bodies found in this region, 56 adults and 28 minors are counted, according to the update of the authorities.
The Christian camp Camp Mystic confirmed on Monday the death of 27 minors and monitors. “Our hearts are destroyed like those of the families that are suffering from this unimaginable tragedy. We are constantly praying for them,” the organization said in a statement. The intense rainfall fallen on Friday, national festive in the United States, resulted in the sudden flood of the Guadalupe River, which took Cabañas ahead and left people trapped or missing. “We have been in communication with the authorities, which are deploying great resources to look for our missing girls,” said the Christian camp direction
Trump will visit the area
The White House announced Monday that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, will travel to the Texas areas affected by floods at the end of the week and his spokesman, Karoline Leavitt, insisted that the government is focused on “offering all support for victims.”
During his speech, he defended that Trump “quickly signed a major disaster statement” for Kerr County “to guarantee” that the “heroic emergency team has all the necessary resources for rescue work”, while the Secretary of National Security, Krsti Noem, has moved to Texas.
“The entire Trump administration is working in close collaboration with state and local officials to provide all available aid. The situation on the field remains dangerous and there could be more threats to public safety with the possible arrival of heavy rains, so we encourage everyone in the area to stay alert,” he said.
On the other hand, Leavitt has criticized the “falsehoods” disseminated by Democrats or media before “this unique natural disaster”: “to blame the president for these floods is a depraved lie and it is useless in these times of national grief,” he has settled.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed this Sunday an emergency statement for natural disaster to meet the floods in Texas, where the dead number continues to increase as the search and rescue work advances. “These families are copening an unimaginable tragedy, many lives have been lost and many more are still missing,” the president wrote in his account of his social network. The decision allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to activate in the area to support local and state authorities, according to the Secretary of National Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, in a statement.
From Friday morning, rescue teams and volunteers are touring the affected regions in search of victims: on foot, helped with dogs or horses, boats, off -road cars and helicopters. “We are deeply grateful for community support samples, lifeguards and officials at all levels,” says a note where respect and privacy are also requested for families affected by tragedy.
The head of the Texas emergency management division, Nim Kidd, also announced this Sunday that they have already started with the work of “recovery”, such as cleaning the rubble and opening again roads. In Kerville, during the day, they could observe backhoes and trucks taking some of the debris – like pieces of trees, metal and destroyed cars – and moving them to clean the streets.
The floods devastated the region known as ‘Hill Country’ on Friday, on the outskirts of San Antonio, before a holiday where the community had several activities planned to celebrate on July 4, US Independence Day. The National Meteorological Service explained that in a period of only 12 hours, on Friday more than 30 centimeters of rainfall accumulated, which raised the flow of the Guadalupe River, near Hunt, to its second highest registered level, with 9.9 meters.
