The Texas flash flooding disaster continues as the death toll increases to 24, while dozens of people, including children, are still missing.
According to Sky News, 10 inches (25 centimetres) of heavy rain in just a few hours overnight caused flash flooding of the Guadalupe River in the US state of Texas, killing at least 24 people.
A Kerville city official told reporters that the flash flooding disaster happened “over a very short period of time that could not be predicted, even with the radar."
As per the authorities, dozens of people are missing, including 23 girls from the summer camps. Most of the campers are safe, but they failed to evacuate timely due to high waters.
Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, said at the news conference, “The far majority of those camps have their campers and have already contacted their families and working to reunite those families together. We are focused on the ones that cannot help themselves right now, and that is our primary area of concern.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday vowed to continue the rescue and search operation for the missing in the “darkness of night” till the morning “nonstop.”
US President Donald Trump called the Texas flooding “terrible” and pledged federal support for the affected people.
