78 dead and dozens of rain missing

At least 78 people have been confirmed in Central Texas and other 41 are missing after flash floods on Fridays.

In the Ker County, a half -century deadly, including 28 children, where a rivaraside Christian Girls Camp was removed. Ten girls and one counselor of Camp Mystic are still missing.

Officials say that the toll of death is sure to increase. The region expects more storms over the next 24-48 hours, which can disrupt rescue teams that are already facing toxic snakes because they squeeze through mud and debris.

Three days after the flood, one of the biggest discovery-and-resurrection efforts in recent Texas history was moving towards operation.

Of the people recovered in Ker County, 18 adults and 10 children have yet been formally identified.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that officials should “stop anything” to ensure that every missing person is found.

Abbott said, “It was nothing short of a frightening to see what those young children did.”

A major focus of searching has been Camp Mystic, a popular summer camp for girls located on the banks of the Gwadalup River, which caused significant damage.

The destruction was revealed before the day’s time on Friday as the river increased by 26 feet (8 meters), while most of the campers were sleeping.

Many young campers and camps of the camp have been among the dead “Dick”, Eastland, the dead.

Greg frlic, a former Navy seal and rescue group 300 volunteers with justice, are helping to find the remaining people.

Talking to the BBC, he said that he had found the victims up to eight miles from where the camp was standing once.

He said that he had seen “items from clothes and camp dressers and scattered everywhere, scattered above and below the river.

There is also uncertainty about how many other people were camping in this area for the fourth weekend of July – and how many people must have been washed away in the flood.

A two-lane highway that skirts the Gwadalup river and connects the city of Kerville to the camp and a scene of catastrophe.

The destroyed houses are surrounded by falling trees and furniture. In some areas the fence is topped and utility lines are down.

President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a major disaster declaration for Ker County, activating the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Texas. He also said that he would probably visit the state on Friday.

Trump said in New Jersey on Sunday on Sunday, “We are working closely with the representatives of Texas, and this is a terrible thing, which is completely terrible.”

On the ground, local residents are taking steps to support relief efforts – what they can do to collect supply, offer shelter and help neighbors displaced by the storm.

Alma Garcia drove the residents and volunteers from San Antonio city to provide home-roped food to volunteers who helped in clean efforts.

The BBC pulled her on the roadside and took off a top layer T-shirt to give it to a resident.

“He was all wet, I told him that he needed it,” Ms. Garcia told the BBC.

Local resident Perla started collecting clothes and shoes on Friday after finishing her innings at Walmart. He left him the next morning in a shelter.

“I have never seen anything before,” he told the BBC.

Meanwhile, wished from all over the world.

In Rome, the Pope Leo XIV made special prayers for the bereaved in Texas on Sunday.

Pontiff said, “I would like to express sincere condolences to all those families who have lost their loved ones, especially their daughters who were at the summer camp, in the disaster caused by the flood of the Guadalup river in Texas in the United States,” said Pontiff.

“We pray for them.”

Angelica Cassus and Alex Laderman contributed to this report