DEATH TOLL FROM TEXAS FLOODS REACHES 69- 41 people remain missing
The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 69 on Sunday (July 6), including at least 21 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, speaking at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, said the death toll in Kerr County, the epicentre of the flooding, had reached 59, while another 10 had died elsewhere in Texas and 41 remained missing.
Among the most devastating impacts of the flooding occurred at Camp Mystic summer camp, a nearly century-old Christian girls camp, where 11 girls and a counselor are still missing.
“It was nothing short of horrific to see what those young children went through,” said Abbott, who said he toured the area on Saturday and pledged to continue efforts to locate the missing.
The flooding occurred after the nearby Guadalupe River broke its banks after torrential rain fell in the central Texas area on Friday, the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Authorities in Texas Hill Country, said earlier that 21 children have died in the flooding.
