,Newsination) – Heavy rain A terrible flood caused emergency In Central Texas on Friday, leading Multiple confirmation fatal And reports of at least 20 missing girls in a camp in the area.
The National Weather Service extended a flood watch for the Southern Edwards Plateau and parts of the Hill Country through CT at 7 pm on Friday night.
At a press conference, officials said that six to ten people have been found dead so far and the rescue operation is running from air and ground to help find more and more people. The search attempt includes 14 helicopters, nine rescue teams with swimmers and 400 to 500 people on the ground.
Uncontrolled for camp girls
The region is home to many summer camps, and Texas Lieutenant Gove Dan Patrick said at least 20 girls are missing from the camp mistic. He said that families whose daughters are unaware have been informed; Parents who have not been contacted in the camp should know that their daughters are safe, they insisted.
“We will all make 24/7 possible humanly, watching in every tree and changing each rock,” he said.
Patrick said 14 helicopters are in the air with drones. He urged the people not to make their own drones self-tannast or use them as the aircraft is already crowded.
President Donald Trump has been in touch several times, with Patrick, with offering to provide whatever assistance is required.
Excess rain and floods are also in forecast for the WACO region.
Gwadalup river was Overwhelmed by heavy rainAnd the residents near the river were advised to search for high land, while others were asked to give shelter in place and did not attempt to travel. Patrick said that the river increased by 26 feet in 45 minutes
Reported in Ker County
People have died in Ker County, with early tolls of six to ten dead. Officers were still working to identify most of the killed.
Roads were flooding in Kerville, which sits at a distance of about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio and has a population of about 25,000.
Officials also said that dozens of water rescues were performed The rain continued,
According to the National Meteorological Service at Austin and San Antonio, five to 11 inches of rain fell from 9 am, more rainfall is possible before the spread of storms on Friday afternoon. At one point, the rainfall reached a rate of four inches per hour.
The region was placed under a flash flood warning. By Friday morning, the Gwadalup River in Western Ker County reached 29 feet, the second largest level on record.
The river crossed the flood level in 1987, when the floods killed 10 teenagers comfortably, near Texas.
Easy officials issued an order for mandatory withdrawal for residents on the banks of the river and in Kerville on Friday, to help people for safety as police and firefighters.
In San Angelo, Texas, the photographs showed a flood intersection, where the water reached the level of road signals and the weather service office there called the flood a life-threatening.
Texas officials activated the National Guard and deployed the state’s public safety department and other resources to respond to the flood.
Ker County Judge Rob Kelly Told media outlets There was no warning about the severity of the flood and said that the county does not have a warning system.
The National Meteorological Service placed the county under a flood clock on Thursday night, with a flash flood warning at around 1 pm.
