Texas flash flood death toll surpasses 100 as 5 million in central Texas remain under flood watch
Three days after a torrential downpour which started at midnight and transformed the Guadalupe River into a raging, killer torrent, officials of Camp Mystic, a century old Christian girls' summer camp confirmed that flash floods killed 27 campers and counselors. Officials from Kerr County said that at least 10 campers and one counselor still remain missing.
Texas authorities, overseeing the search for flood victims, avoided the questions about weather warnings and said they will wait to address the issues as to why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the flooding that killed at least 104.
Texas is working tirelessly to assist local officials with recovery and rescue operations.
Heavy rain continues to be a threat.
Texans should be weather aware.
Texas will not stop until every missing person is found.
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Officials further informed that bodies of 84 people were found, including 28 children and 56 adults in the county home to Camp Mystic and several other summer camps. Central Texas still remains at the edge as additional rains have been predicted and more flooding could ravage parts of the US state. Authorities have warned that the death toll could rise.
On Sunday, state and local authorities said 12 other flood related deaths have been reported across five neighboring south-central Texas counties and 41 other people have been reported to be missing outside Kerr County. Hope to find some of the survivors alive are diminishing as time passed while authorities continued to search.
'Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy,' Camp Mystic said in a statement. According to an NBC News report, five million people in central Texas still remain covered by flood watches, including residents of San Angelo, Killeen, Kerrville, San Antonio and Austin.
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