Lightning floods, which went through Central Texas 4th July, required more than 100 lives on Monday, with search operations. The dead include 27 children and advisors who were not counted from the Mystic Camp, the Girls Summer Tabor along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas. Over 750 children were present at the Mystic camp when the river rose sharply on Friday morning and flooded the area.
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- António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, gave his deep sadness in response to the tragic floods in Texas. “He was” deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life, especially a large number of children “and paid” sincere condolences to the families of victims “.
2. Authorities seeking the victims of the floods stated that they were postponing discussions about weather warnings and why some summer camps could not evacuate before the floods that killed at least 104 people.
3. The search teams discovered bodies of 84 individuals, including 28 children, in the region, where the mystic camp and several other summer camps are, according to officials.
4. The authorities committed that one of the upcoming measures would be examined whether sufficient warnings were provided and why some camps could not evacuate or move to higher land in the area of the floods, which some locals call the “flash flood aisle”.
5. Kerrville officials demanded that people stop running drones over the affected area after mentioning that private drones flying illegally on Monday afternoon hit a helicopter used in emergency operations. The helicopter then carried out an emergency landing and is currently out of service. .
6. US President Donald Trump will visit Texas on Friday. He said, “We fall on Friday. We will be the most comfortable for the state of Texas. We will work with them and we worked very hard.”
7. Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat from Texas representing part of San Antonio, said that the potential impact of staff on the National Meteorological Service (NWS) should be examined. He stressed, however, that there was no definitive evidence that would connect the cuts with the forecasts of the results. On Monday, she described the “spoiled and contemptible” note, the secretary of the White House printing Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday: “We know that the National Meteorological Service provided early and consistent warning,” she said. “They gave out early lightning alerts.”
8. On Sunday Trump signed a statement about the catastrophe for Kerr County, one of the most affected areas. In addition, the US Coast Guard was mobilized to support search and rescue operations.
9. According to the Minister of Internal Security, Kristi Noem Federal Agency for Emergency Management (FEMA) deployed sources to support the first state respondents. Noem visited the state on Saturday with Governor Texas Greg Abbott.
10. National Meteorological Service on Friday sent warnings of floods at 1:14 and provided alert to mobile phones and weather radio, more than three hours before the first floods at low waters in Kerr County at 4:35. The warning was upgraded to an emergency emergency flood at 4:03.
(With AP and Bloomberg inputs)
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