15 Heart-Wrenching Photos That Show The Texas Flood Devastation
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According to Texas state officials, floods caused the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in 45 minutes. One time-lapse video showed an entire road being overtaken by water in under four minutes:
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Dozens of people remain missing, including a group of girls who were attending a summer camp in Hunt, Texas, located near the Guadalupe River, when the floods came.
According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, search and rescue missions will continue. Officials say over 100 people have been airlifted, and several children have been found in "trees and other stranded locations."
"When you talk to the men and women that are up there in those helicopters and out in those boats and walking the ground, they're looking for live people right now and doing everything they can to continue to search as fast as possible," W. Nim Kidd, Chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management said in a recent press conference.
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