Flash floods in Texas The July holiday weekend killed over 80 people and other people still went missing, including girls attending a summer camp. The devastation with the Gwadalup River outside San Antonio has made a large -scale discovery attempts as the authorities have faced questions on their preparations and the pace of their initial functions.
What is known about the deadly floods here, in the ongoing efforts to identify the core county, in and around it and the victims.
In flood-prone position, heavy rains only at the wrong time
Floods became their worst at the mid -point of a long holiday weekend when many people were sleeping.
The Texas hill country in the central part of the state is naturally prone to flooding due to dry dirt -filled areas, where the soil skids the rain with the surface of the landscape instead of soaking the rain. Friday’s flash flood Started with a particularly bad storm that dropped its 12 -inch rain in the morning.
Following the flood watch notice on Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service Office issued a necessary warning around 4 am, which increased the ability of horrific damage and a serious threat to human life. By at least 5:20 pm, some areas of Kerville city stated that the water levels were getting dangerously high. Heavy rains flowing under the hills sent water to the Gwadalup river, increasing it 26 feet in just 45 minutes.
Death toll is expected to increase as campers remain missing
Gov Greg Abbott said on Sunday that 41 people were confirmed to be unaware of the state and could disappear more.
In Ker County, the house of young camps in Texas Hill Country, the explorers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Litha said on Sunday afternoon. In the nearby counties, deadly people increased the total number of 82 to 82 by Monday morning.
Ten girls and a counselor were still unaware for Camp MisticA Christian summer camp on the banks of the river.
Three girls of Dallas -8-year-year-old children Hadley Hanna and Allice Peck and 9-year-old Leela Bonor-K missing camp were identified as a mystic camper. Bonner’s family confirmed CBS Texas On Saturday that she was one of the children and confirmed the dead and Pake’s family posted a note at her home on Sunday stating that she too died.
Dallas’ two sisters The dead were confirmed by St. Rita Catholic Community Church in Dallas, 13-year-old Blair Harbor and 11-year-old Brook Harbor-K in Dallas.
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The owner of Camp Mistic and director Dick Eastland died trying to save girls in the camp, According to local media reportsThe Obituari section of the Kerville Community News Site was made dotted with tribute to the victims, including Eastland.
For previous campers, the tragedy turned happiness into grief.
The number of disappearance for the camp myist campers was not released, other campgrounds and missing in the entire area.
Kerville City Manager Dalton Rice said on Saturday, “We don’t want to start estimating this time.”
Officials faced investigation on flash flood warning
The remaining people have described the flood as a “death pitch black wall” and said they have not received any emergency warning.
Ker County Judge Rob Kelly, who lives with the Gwadalup River, said on Saturday that “no one saw it coming.” Various officials have referred to it as “100-year-floods”, which means that the water level was not very likely on the basis of historical records.
And the records behind those figures are not always responsible for human-causing climate change. However, it is difficult to connect specific storms to a warming planet, so immediately after they are, meteorologists say that a warm environment can catch more moisture and allow severe storms to dump even more rain.
moreover, Officers have come under investigation Residents and young summer camps on the banks of the river were not alerted from 4 am soon or asked to vacate it.
Officials said that the public may be tired of excessive flood alerts or forecasts that become modest.
Kelly said that the authorities suffered a shock at the pace of flood. Kelly told “CBS Evening News”, “We had no reason to believe that whatever it was, nothing is like this.”
Ker County officials said they had submitted a proposal for a strong flood warning system similar to the tornado warning system, but the members of the public participated again on the cost.
On Sunday, the officials walked out of a news briefing when reporters asked him again about the delay in alert and withdrawal.
Search for victims and monumental cleaning
With excess rainfall on the way, the risk of life-threatening floods in Central Texas on Monday was still high, even the crew search for the missing. Find volunteers, discover and drone The attempt has been involved – some rescue teams with snakes filled with snakes through maneuver.
Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nom’s US Department Said in a social media post The US Coast Guard was responsible for saving more than 200 people as dramatic Video Showed guard members operating aerial rescue near Kerville, while dark water covered the land.
Flash Flood has wiped the campground and torn houses with their foundation.
Kelly said on Saturday after surveying the destruction by a helicopter, “It’s going to be a long time, before we are able to clean it, very rarely rebuild it.”
Other large -scale flood incidents have inspired residents and trade owners to release, including the areas killed by Hurricane Helen last year.
President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a major disaster announcement for Ker County and said he would visit Friday: “I must have done this today, but we will be just in his way.”
“It’s a terrible thing that happened, absolutely terrible,” he told reporters.
In the Vatican, Pope Leo prayed to the flood victims during the Sunday month, saying, “I express my honesty to all the families who have lost loved ones, especially in their daughters who were in the summer camps, in the United States, in the United States, in the disaster due to the flood of Guadalup river.”
