To 82 has increased the number of dead, including 28 children From the deadly floods that hit Texas last weekend. The total number of dead continues to increase as local emergency officials across the State continue their search and rescue efforts to locate all missing persons.
In more detail, 68 deaths have been recorded in Kerr, 6 in Travis, 3 in Bernet, 2 in Kendal, 2 in Williamson and 1 in Green.
Officials in Ker County reported that rescue crews continue to look for 10 campuses And a consultant from the summer camp for Camp Mystic girls, located near the Guadeloupi River, whose level climbing 8 meters. Overall, at least 41 people are missing according to state and local officials. To assist in investigations, Texas Air Force National Guard uses remote -controlled military drones commonly used by the Army to follow up.
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The owner of Camp Mystic, Dick Eastland, was also found dead, who lost his life while trying to save campers during the catastrophic floods in Kerr County, as his grandson posted on a tribute to Instagram on Saturday.
“If he were not going to die of natural causes, this was the only other way – to save the girls he so loved and took care of,” George Eastland wrote. “This is the type of man who was my grandfather. She was a wife, father, grandfather and mentor of thousands of young women. Although he no longer walks on this earth, his effect will never fade into the lives he touched, “his grandson said.
Texas governor, Greg Abbott, said on Sunday that authorities “will not stop in front of anything” until all the missing will be found.
#Worlddna | Death Toll Due to Texas Floods Rises to 78, Including 28 Children Who Were a Part of a Summer Camp
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Increases water levels
And while attempts to locate the missing continues, water channels in some of the most damaged parts of central Texas They begin to inflate Once again as more rainfall occurred in the area on Sunday.
‘This water can lead to rise [ενός έως δύο ποδιών] When he enters the Guadeloupe River in Ingram, “Kerd’s County County office said in a Facebook post tonight.
“Please be careful if you are close to the Guadeloupe River or the Johnson Rokie,” the post said.
A timelapse video shot on Friday shows how quickly the water levels went down along the Lano River in Kingsland, Texas.
The video shows the water penetrating rushing and rising along the river in just 30 minutes.
El Número de Fallecidos a Causa de las inundaciones en el centro-sur de texas, eu alcanza ya los 82, de acuerdo con autoridades locales.
Así creció el nivel de las inundaciones, en pocos minutos.Qepd #Video 🎥👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/hwj0n6aoei
– Jorge Becerril JB/8 (@mreldiablo8) July 7, 2025
THE Donald Trump He proclaimed Sunday’s County in an emergency mode by activating the Federal Emergency Management Service in Texas. He also said that he would probably visit the state on Friday.
“We work very closely with representatives from Texas and what happened is something horrible, absolutely horrible,” Trump told New Jersey on Sunday.
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