The number of victims in lightning floods, which went through central Texas early on Friday morning, rose to 82, because dozens still miss, including ten people who are not counted from the mystic camp, the summer camp located by the river, while the search operation continues. US President Donald Trump is likely to visit a disaster.
According to Sheriff of Kerr County, Texas Hill Country, Larry Leith, flooding in the region, considered the epicenter of the disaster, claiming the lives of 28 children among the dead. At the Sunday afternoon press conference Governor Texas Greg Abbott said that another 10 people died in other parts of Texas, while 41 individuals were still missing.
Trump expresses condolences
Trump expressed his condolences to the victims and mentioned that he would probably visit the area on Friday. He noted that his administration was in contact with Abbott. “It’s a terrible thing that happened, absolutely terrible. So we say that God bless all people who have gone so much, and God bless, God bless the state of Texas,” Trump said.
Abbott, who inspected the area on Saturday and promised to maintain an effort to find those who still miss, “There was nothing terrible to see what these little children had gone through.”
The floods happened after the nearby Guadalupe river overflows its shores due to severe rainfall in the center of Texas on Friday, which coincided with a holiday for US independence.
According to them, Kidd, the Chief of Texas Emergency Division, floods claimed the lives of three people in the Burnet region, one in the Tom Green region, five in the Travis region and one in the Williamson region.
Director of the Public Security Department in Texas, Freeman Martin, said: “You will see the rise of death victims today and tomorrow.”
More than 850 people were rescued, consisting of some of the trees, after a sudden storm threw up to 15 inches (38 cm) rain throughout the region, almost 85 miles (140 km) northwest of San Antonio.
(With Reuters and PTI inputs)
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