Emergency employees were forced to suspend the search operations in Ker County, Texas on Sunday, as this area was the most difficult Horrific flash flood Earlier this month faced the threat of a new flood.
Texas village. Greg Abbott said on Sunday afternoon that rescue operations were going on at San Saba, Lamps and Shletcher counties. Many central Texas Counties are also withdrawn because officers monitor the growing water in Kerville, the most difficult city in Ker County by the city Destructive July 4 Storm This led to the overflow of the Gwadalup river. Rural and flood-prone hill country officials of Texas have said that at least 161 people in the area are missing and efforts are underway to find them.
The serious threat to the San Saba County is with the San Saba River, which is known for floods. Rain from this weekend – was forecast to increase the river above the already soaked ground – above 30 inches. The river is estimated to increase faster than July 4.
Police in Kerville announced that ground search operations were stopped before 8 am on Sunday due to “flood threats”.
The police department wrote on a social media, “We will soon provide more information, but for now, all the search employees need to vacate the river corridor until the next notice. Any volunteer search parties in the corridor of the Guadalupa River need to pay attention to this warning.” Post“The possibility of a flash flood is high.”
The department also shared an emergency weather warning, which warned of “high probability of Guadalup River in Hunt on the platform of floods in Hunt”. It urged people, equipment and vehicles to move away from water immediately. Hunt was a site of devastating floods, particularly in the morning on 4 July, said that the river exceeded 20 feet in less than an hour and finally killed at least 103 people in county, including dozens of children, which are called in a riverside summer camp. Camp Mistic,
A Flash Flood warning For parts of Ker County on Sunday morning, the mid -middle Texas was released with other pockets. According to the forecast bulletin, the Austin-San Antonio branch of the National Meteorological Service issued a warning as the thunderstorms received, and the rain was expected to continue at the rate of 1 to 2.5 inches per hour. Weather Seva said that flash flooding “was soon started or expected.”
The warning was scheduled to end at 12:15 pm local time.
The city of Kerville wrote on another social media, “This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not try to travel until you are running under flood or running from any area under the order of withdrawal,” Kerville city has written on another social media. PostWhile the weather service insisted that people should take serious care around the “low water crossing”, which are small bridges built close to the surface of the Gwadalup river.
Ker County officials said last week that the crossing was easily flooded, as they did on the morning of 4 July, implicated people on small “islands” of dry land and became very difficult for emergency respondents to reach them.
Although Ker County suffered the most tragedy as a result of more than a week, many other counties in Central Texas also felt its effects. Including Ker County, the death toll statewide is at least 129, and according to the latest information from local authorities, 166 and more are uncomfortable for more.
Latter discovery It has been largely for the missing people among the debris. Volunteers, drones and search dogs joined the operation, as a crew of local, state and federal agencies, on the ground, even on the ground and overhead in the hope of highlighting anyone lost through overhead in the air. Officials said the difficult weather and the harsh area have complicated their efforts complicated.
On Friday, Texas village. Greg Abbott expanded its federal disaster declaration to include more counties due to floods again.
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