After the deadly lightning floods passed the middle Texas early on Friday morning, at least 43 people and dozens of children who were not counted from the Mystic camp, the summer camp, located by the river, while the search operation continues.
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- According to officials, death victim could increase with regard to the prediction of a heavy downpour, lightning floods in the next few days, Bloomberg said.
2. Almost 27 campers are missing in the mystic camp, along the Guadalupe river in Kerr County.
3. More than 850 people were rescued, including some who held on trees after a sudden storm threw up to 15 inches of rain in the area near the Guadalupe River, about 85 miles (137 km) northwest of San Antonia.
3. Governor Greg Abbott said, “My instructions for each state agency involved in it is assumed that everyone who is missing is alive and needed. Every minute is calculated.”
4. US President Donald Trump said.
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5. Camp Mystic, a Christian girl camp with almost a century of history, had a residence of 700 girls during the flood. Another camp for girls, Heart O ‘The Hills, said on its website that co -owner Jane Ragsdale died during the flood, but at that time no campers were present, as it happened between the sessions.
6. Kerrville Dalton Rice mentioned that it was running along the river early in the morning and saw no problem at 4:00 at around 5:20 in the morning, the water level increased significantly and “we almost couldn’t get out of the park,” he said.
7. Nim Kidd, head of the Ministry of Emergency Management in Texas, said that teams for air, countries and water were looking for the entire length of the Guadalupe for the surviving and victims. He said, “We will continue to search until everyone who is missing is found,” says AFP.
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8. Photos and videos captured in front of floods show a quiet scene, with large cabins carrying the roof and names such as “Wiggle Inn”, set between the robust oak and cypress trees lining the banks of the Guadalupe River.
9. In various posts on social media, girls can be seen fishing, horseback riding, playing kickball or carrying out choreographic dance routines in matching T -shirts. Girls aged 8 to 17 represent a camera with wide smiles, their arms exaggerated around the shoulders of their campers.
10. Dozens of families shared on local Facebook groups that they had received desperate phone calls from security officials and informed them that their daughters were not yet found among the floods of damaged camp cabins and fallen trees. Camp Mystic sent about 750 campers to parents and assured them that if they were not contacted directly, their child was confirmed safe, reported.
(With AP, Reuters, AFP and Bloomberg)
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